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What (who) is Accustom - definition
accustom
¦ verb
1. make used to: I accustomed my eyes to the lenses.
(be accustomed to) be used to.
2. [as adjective accustomed] customary; usual.
Origin
ME: from OFr. acostumer, from a- (from L. ad 'to, at') + costume 'custom'.
accustom
v. (d; refl., tr.) to accustom to (we had to accustom ourselves to the new working conditions; more usu. is: we had to get accustomed to the new working conditions)
Examples of use of Accustom
1. I cuddle up to the candle, strain to accustom my eyes to the print.
2. And as he rethinks the orchestral repertory, he has worked hard to accustom audiences to his vision.
3. "One thing I‘m trying to accustom myself to is that I can‘t go back to that place," Mburu said.
4. But a suspicion remains that it was a self–serving spectacle to accustom us to a permanent state of emergency.
5. At yeshivas they accustom us to apply ourselves and aim high, and that‘s how we approached the psychometric exams.