accustom


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
accustom/əˈkʌstəm/
verb
  • 1 make used to: I accustomed my eyes to the lenses.

    ■ (be accustomed to) be used to.

  • 2 (as adj. accustomed) customary; usual.
– origin ME: from OFr. acostumer, from a- (from L. ad ‘to, at’) + costume ‘custom’.
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