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Source: gcide
Accustomed \Ac*cus"tomed\, a.
1. Familiar through use; usual; customary. "An accustomed
action." --Shak.

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2. Frequented by customers. [Obs.] "A well accustomed shop."
--Smollett.

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Source: gcide
Accustom \Ac*cus"tom\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accustomed}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Accustoming}.]
[OF. acostumer, acustumer, F.
accoutumer; [`a] (L. ad) + OF. costume, F. coutume, custom.
See {Custom}.]
To make familiar by use; to habituate, familiarize, or inure;
-- with to.

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

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Syn: To habituate; inure; exercise; train.

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Source: wn
accustomed
adj 1: (often followed by `to') in the habit of or adapted to;
"accustomed to doing her own work"; "I've grown
accustomed to her face" [ant: {unaccustomed}]
2: commonly used or practiced; usual; "his accustomed
thoroughness"; "took his customary morning walk"; "his
habitual comment"; "with her wonted candor" [syn: {customary},
{habitual}, {wonted(a)}]

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Source: moby thes
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "accustomed":
accepted, acclimated, acclimatized, accommodated, adapted,
adjusted, average, case-hardened, chronic, common, commonplace,
conditioned, confirmed, conventional, current, customary, everyday,
experienced, familiar, familiarized, habitual, habituated,
hardened, household, inured, naturalized, normal, normative,
ordinary, orientated, oriented, popular, predominating,
prescriptive, prevailing, regular, regulation, routine, run-in,
seasoned, set, standard, stock, traditional, trained, universal,
used, used to, usual, vernacular, wont, wonted


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