accustom

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈkʌs.təm/ === Verb === accustom (third-person singular simple present accustoms, present participle accustoming, simple past and past participle accustomed) (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. ==== Synonyms ==== habituate, get used to, inure, exercise, train ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== custom, customary ==== Translations ==== === Noun === accustom (plural accustoms) (obsolete) Custom. === References === “accustom”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.