ACCUSTOMED

accustomed, customary, habitual, wonted

(adjective) commonly used or practiced; usual; “his accustomed thoroughness”; “took his customary morning walk”; “his habitual comment”; “with her wonted candor”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

accustomed (comparative more accustomed, superlative most accustomed)

(of a person) Familiar with something through repeated experience; adapted to existing conditions.

(of a thing, condition, activity, etc.) Familiar through use; usual; customary.

(obsolete) Frequented by customers.

Usage notes

When referring to a person, accustomed is only used predicatively; when referring to a thing, it is only used attributively. The use of the infinitive following accustomed (e.g. accustomed to do) is obsolete; in contemporary English, the gerund is used in this context (e.g. accustomed to doing).

Synonyms

• (familiar through repeated experience): habituated, inured, used to, wonted

Verb

accustomed

simple past tense and past participle of accustom

Source: Wiktionary


Ac*cus"tomed, a.

1. Familiar through use; usual; customary. "An accustomed action." Shak.

2. Frequented by customers. [Obs.] "A well accustomed shop." Smollett.

ACCUSTOM

Ac*cus"tom, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accustomed; p. pr. & vb. n. Accustoming.] Etym: [OF. acostumer, acustumer, F. accoutumer; Ă  (L. ad) + OF. costume, F. coutume, custom. See Custom.]

Definition: To make familiar by use; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; - - with to. I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to fraud in little things, wants only opportunity to practice it in greater. Adventurer.

Syn.

– To habituate; inure; exercise; train.

Ac*cus"tom, v. i.

1. To be wont. [Obs.] Carew.

2. To cohabit. [Obs.] We with the best men accustom openly; you with the basest commit private adulteries. Milton.

Ac*cus"tom, n.

Definition: Custom. [Obs.] Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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