Associations to the word «Accustom»

Wiktionary

ACCUSTOM, verb. (transitive) To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; -- with to.
ACCUSTOM, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To be wont.
ACCUSTOM, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To cohabit.
ACCUSTOM, noun. (obsolete) Custom.

Dictionary definition

ACCUSTOM, verb. Make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.