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(əkʌstəm)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense accustoms, present participle accustoming, past tense, past participle accustomed
1. verb
If you accustom yourself or another person to something, you make yourself or them become used to it.
[formal]
The team has accustomed itself to the pace of first division rugby. [VERB pronoun-reflexive + to]
Shakespeare has accustomed us to a mixture of humor and tragedy in the same play. [VERB noun + to]
Synonyms: familiarize, train, coach, exercise More Synonyms of accustom
2.  See also accustomed

accustom in British English

(əˈkʌstəm)
verb
(transitive; usually foll by to)
to make (oneself) familiar (with) or used (to), as by practice, habit, or experience
Word origin
C15: from Old French acostumer, from costume custom

accustom in American English

(əˈkʌstəm)
verb transitive
to make familiar by custom, habit, or use; habituate (to)
Word origin
ME accustomen < OFr acostumer < a-, to + costume: see custom

Examples of 'accustom' in a sentence
accustom

They are young people accustomed to bullying from superiors.
Max Hastings Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 194445 (2007)
We were well accustomed to the noises of our strange new world that summer.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
Villagers have long been accustomed to facing a drive when they run out of basic supplies.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
You get accustomed to what players like to do and not like to do.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We are well accustomed to the routine.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
She had long been accustomed to dealing with scandal and gossip.
Paula Byrne PERDITA: The Life of Mary Robinson (2004)
 Players are accustomed to playing through the pain barrier with their clubs.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
 People have become accustomed to being fed money.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Residents in the area are well accustomed to bears and have been warned to keep garage doors closed.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Often the outgoing person is so accustomed to the procedures that he or she forgets to tell the new person many basic details.
Christianity Today (2000)
Unusually for a man accustomed to getting his own way, he accepted her uncompromising approach.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But the folks of Shields were long accustomed to having some alien represent them.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We are accustomed to English players being in the minority.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I think they are well accustomed to it.
The Sun (2012)
I wonder how the cold weather will hamper players accustomed to intense heat.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
On the face of it, this was not an unreasonable reaction from a man accustomed to making economies.
Amanda Mackenzie Stuart Consuelo & Alva: Love and Power in the Gilded Age (2005)
For a man accustomed to sharing himself with the world, family tragedies have sometimes proved just too painful.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But 30-odd years in the notoriously fickle fashion industry have left him well accustomed to setbacks of the sort he experienced yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It was obvious that not all these people were lying: a man accustomed to weighing evidence is quick at detecting a lie.
Patrick O'Brian The Catalans
Outside sport, we have long been accustomed to a more modest role than the one sustained during the days of Empire.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He had wanted an elephant and hadn't got one, and he was a man accustomed to getting what he wanted.
Cameron, Kenneth M Into Africa - a social history of the East African Safari (1989)

In other languages
accustom

British English: accustom VERB
If you accustom yourself or another person to something, you make yourself or them become used to it.
She tried to accustom herself to the tight bandages.
  • American English: accustom
  • Brazilian Portuguese: acostumar
  • Chinese: 使习惯
  • European Spanish: acostumbrar
  • French: accoutumer
  • German: gewöhnen
  • Italian: abituare
  • Japanese: 慣れさせる
  • Korean: 익숙케 하다
  • European Portuguese: acostumar
  • Latin American Spanish: acostumbrar

(verb) 
He accustoms us to a mixture of humour and tragedy in one play.
Synonyms
familiarize
The goal of the experiment was to familiarize the people with the new laws.
train
We train them in bricklaying and other building techniques.
coach
He coached me for my French exam.
exercise
She exercises two or three times a week.
discipline
I'm very good at disciplining myself.
adapt
Things will be different and we will have to adapt.
instruct
He instructs family members in nursing techniques.
make used
school
He is schooled to spot trouble.
season
Both actors seem to have been seasoned by experience.
acquaint
I want to acquaint myself with your abilities and your weaknesses.
Have steps been made to acquaint them with their rights?
inure
habituate
The researchers first habituated each baby to their surroundings.
acclimatize
This year he has left early to acclimatize himself.
make conversant

Additional synonyms

in the sense of acclimatize
Definition
to adapt to a new climate or environment
This year he has left early to acclimatize himself.
Synonyms
adapt,
prepare,
adjust,
accommodate,
accustom,
familiarize,
inure,
shape,
naturalize,
habituate,
acculturate,
acculture,
jack up (New Zealand)
in the sense of acquaint
I want to acquaint myself with your abilities and your weaknesses.Have steps been made to acquaint them with their rights?
Synonyms
tell,
announce,
reveal,
advise,
inform,
communicate,
disclose,
notify,
enlighten,
divulge,
familiarize,
apprise,
let (someone) know
in the sense of adapt
Definition
to adjust (something or oneself) to different conditions
Things will be different and we will have to adapt.
Synonyms
adjust,
change,
match,
alter,
modify,
accommodate,
comply,
conform,
reconcile,
harmonize,
familiarize,
habituate,
acclimatize

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