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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.

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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.