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Accustoming

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.

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

Syn: To habituate; inure; exercise; train.

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accustoming

vb. (present participle of accustom English)

Usage examples of "accustoming".

And by accustoming her to that poison, you have endeavored to neutralize the effect of a similar poison?