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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Old French
Origin: acostumer, from costume 'custom'

accustom

 verb
     
ac‧cus‧tom [transitive]
to make yourself or another person become used to a situation or place
accustom yourself to something
It took a while for me to accustom myself to all the new rules and regulations.
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