accustom
verbEtymology
The verb is from Middle English accustomen, from Old French acoustumer, acustumer (Modern French accoutumer) corresponding to a (“to, toward”) + custom. More at custom, costume. The noun is from Middle English acustom.
- inherited from acustom
- derived from acoustumer
- inherited from accustomen
Definitions
To make familiar by use
To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to habituate, familiarize, or inure.
- Early exposure to pet allergens and pet-related bacteria accustoms the body to allergens.
- I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to fraud in little things, wants only opportunity to practice it in greater.
- “[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
To be wont.
- all of them accustoming , once in the year , to take their kind of the fresh water
To cohabit.
- Much better do we Britans fulfill the work of Nature than you Romans; we with the beſt men accuſtom op'nly; you with the baſest commit private adulteries.
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Custom.
The neighborhood
- synonymhabituate
- synonymget used to
- synonyminure
- synonymexercise
- synonymtrain
- synonymIntransitive:
- synonymaccommodate
- synonymaccustom
- synonymadapt
- synonymadjust
- synonymcompensate
- synonymTransitive:
- neighborcustom
- neighborcustomary
- neighborfamiliarize
- neighbortrain
- neighboracclimatize
- neighboracclimate
- neighboracculture
- neighborclimatize
Derived
accustomable, accustomary, accustomate, disaccustom, reaccustom, unaccustom
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at accustom. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at accustom. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at accustom
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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