accustom

Speech parts

1. accustom - Noun

2. accustom - Verb

Meaning

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

To be wont.

To cohabit.

Custom.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

train habituate inure exercise orient harden school season blood guide condition teach accommodate compensate adjust
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Antonyms

prevent damage break destroy harm ruin
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Hypernyms

change alter modify

Hyponyms

harden teach hook addict indurate inure

Phrases with the word

accustom oneself accustom to accustom to hardship

Derivatives

accustomed accustoming

Examples

She became habituated to the background music Source: Internet

Allergy immunotherapy (AIT) treatment involves administering doses of allergens to accustom the body to pollen, thereby inducing specific long-term tolerance. Source: Internet

After abolition, all former slaves had to serve a four-year "apprenticeship," to accustom them to the idea of freedom. Source: Internet

The paternal home is better for the education of women; they have less need to learn to deal with the interests of others, than to accustom themselves to a calm and secluded life. Source: Internet

I have to admit I was waiting for the knockers to say I couldn't do it etc, as I have been accustom to these types in the past all to often. Source: Internet

She said it will also help accustom people to those with disabilities; “rather than ‘the other,’ it’s ‘one of them,’ ” she said. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

accusor accusour accussin accustom oneself accustom to accustom to hardship