accustom

noun

(obsolete) Custom.

verb

(transitive, often passive voice or reflexive, with to) To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to habituate, familiarize, or inure.

(intransitive, obsolete) To be wont.

(intransitive, obsolete) To cohabit.

Roots

consuetudo-custom · Latin · habit, custom

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