Accustom

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Transitive verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Intransitive verb 1.5 Noun

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

ac-cus*tom

• IPA: //
• SAMPA: //

ak-KUHS-tom

Transitive verb

accustom (accustoms , Imperfect and past participle: accustomed, Present participle: accustoming )

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

   Quotations

   • I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to fraud in little things, wants only opportunity to practice it in greater. - Adventurer

Synonyms

• To habituate ; inure; exercise; train.

Translations

• Dutch: gewennen
• French: accoûtumer
• German: gewöhnen Sie sich
• Ido: kustumar
• Interlingua: accostumar
• Old French: acostumer , acustumer
• Portuguese: acostumar
• Spanish: acostumbrarse

Intransitive verb

1. (Obsolete): To be wont - Carew
2. (Obsolete): To cohabit

   Quotations

   • We with the best men accustom openly; you with the basest commit private adulteries. - Milton

Noun

1. (Obsolete): Custom - Milton