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Accustom Moderate

Accustom has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

Custom.

Verb
1

make psychologically or physically used (to something)

"She became habituated to the background music"

2

To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to habituate, familiarize, or inure.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
change
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
inure teach addict

Origin

The word comes from the Old French acoustumer, which combines "to" and "custom." Originally, it meant to make someone used to something familiar.

Rhyming Words
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