accustom oneself to

  • 1accustom oneself to — index endure (suffer) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2accustom oneself to — adapt oneself to; make oneself psychologically or physically used to …

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  • 3accustom — /euh kus teuhm/, v.t. to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather. [1425 75; late ME < MF acoustumer. See AC , CUSTOM] * * * …

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  • 4accustom — ac•cus•tom [[t]əˈkʌs təm[/t]] v. t. tomed, tom•ing to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather[/ex] • Etymology: 1425–75; late ME &LT; MF acoustumer. See ac , custom …

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  • 5accustom — /əˈkʌstəm / (say uh kustuhm) verb (t) to familiarise by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather. {late Middle English acustume(n), from Old French acostumer, from a to + costume custom} …

  • 6accustom — verb she couldn t accustom herself to city life Syn: adapt to, adjust to, acclimatize to, acclimate to, habituate oneself to, accommodate oneself to, acculturate to; reconcile oneself to, become reconciled to, get used to, come to terms with,&#8230; …

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  • 7school oneself to — accustom oneself to , get used to …

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  • 8accustom — v.tr. & refl. (foll. by to) make (a person or thing or oneself) used to (the army accustomed him to discipline; was accustomed to their strange ways). Etymology: ME f. OF acostumer (as AD , costume CUSTOM) …

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  • 9habituate — habituate, accustom, addict, inure mean to make used to something. Habituate distinctively implies the formation of habit through repetition {by constant practice she habituated herself to accurate observation} {to habituate our selves, therefore …

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  • 10custom — c.1200, habitual practice, from O.Fr. costume custom, habit, practice; clothes, dress (12c., Mod.Fr. coutume), from V.L. *consuetumen, from L. consuetudinem (nom. consuetudo) habit, usage, way, practice, tradition, familiarity, from consuetus, pp …

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