English

Etymology
Old French acostumer, acustumer, French accoutumer; à (Latin ad) + Old French costume, French coutume, custom. See custom.

Pronunciation
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Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; -- with to.

#* ca. 1753: I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to fraud in little things, wants only opportunity to practice it in greater. - w:John Hawkesworth|John Hawkesworth et al., Adventurer

1. context|intransitive|obsolete To be wont.
2. context|intransitive|obsolete To cohabit.

#* We with the best men accustom openly; you with the basest commit private adulteries. - w:John Milton|John Milton

Synonyms
To habituate; inure; exercise; train.

Translations
trans-top|To make familiar by use
Dutch: doen wennen (aan), (to accustom oneself) wennen (aan)
Finnish: totuttaa, sopeuttaa
German: sich gewöhnen
trans-mid
Portuguese: acostumar
Thai: �ุ����ย (khoon-khuey)
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trans-top|To be wont
Dutch: plegen
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trans-top|To cohabit
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ttbc|French: accoutumer
ttbc|Ido: kustumar
ttbc|Interlingua: accostumar
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ttbc|Isthmus Zapotec: rusiaa
ttbc|Old French: acostumer, acustumer
ttbc|Spanish: acostumbrarse

Noun
en-noun

1. obsolete custom

References
R:Webster 1913

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