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accustomed

 adjective
     
ac‧cus‧tomed
1

be accustomed to (doing) something

to be familiar with something and accept it as normal:
We were accustomed to working together.
become/grow/get accustomed to something
Her eyes quickly became accustomed to the dark.
! In spoken English, it is more usual to say be/get used to (doing) something You'll soon get used to the hot climate.
2 [only before noun] formal usual:
The pans were in their accustomed places.
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