The Collaborative International Dictionary
Assuefaction
Assuefaction \As`sue*fac"tion\, n. [L. assuefacere to accustom to; assuetus (p. p. of assuescere to accustom to) + facere to make; cf. OF. assuefaction.] The act of accustoming, or the state of being accustomed; habituation. [Obs.]
Custom and studies efform the soul like wax, and by
assuefaction introduce a nature.
--Jer. Taylor.
Wiktionary
assuefaction
n. (context obsolete English) habituation
Usage examples of "assuefaction".
Forget not how assuefaction unto anything minorates the passion from it, how constant Objects lose their hints, and steal an inadvertisement upon us.