accustom

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ACCUS'TOM, verb transitive To make familiar by use; to form a habit by practice; to habituate or inure; as to accustom one's self to a spare diet. ACCUS'TOM, verb intransitive 1. To be wont, or habituated to do anything. [Little used.] 2. To cohabit. [Not used.] ACCUS'TOM, noun Custom. [Not used.]
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