In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
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 The use of the infinitive following accustomed (e.g. accustomed to do) is obsolete; in contemporary English, the gerund is used in this context (e.g. accustomed to doing).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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COVERT
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