4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
accustomed
adjective
1: (often followed by 'to') in the habit of or adapted to;
"accustomed to doing her own work"; "I've grown
accustomed to her face" [ant: {unaccustomed}]
2: commonly used or practiced; usual; "his accustomed
thoroughness"; "took his customary morning walk"; "his
habitual comment"; "with her wonted candor" [syn: {customary},
{habitual}, {wonted(a)}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Accustomed \Ac*cus"tomed\, adjective
1. Familiar through use; usual; customary. ''An accustomed
action.'' --Shak.
2. Frequented by customers. [Obs.] ''A well accustomed
shop.'' --Smollett.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Accustom \Ac*cus"tom\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Accustomed}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Accustoming}.] [OF. acostumer, acustumer, F.
accoutumer; ['a] (L. ad) + OF. costume, F. coutume, custom.
See {Custom}.]
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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "accustomed":
accepted, acclimated, acclimatized, accommodated, adapted,
adjusted, average, case-hardened, chronic, common, commonplace,
conditioned, confirmed, conventional, current, customary, everyday,
experienced, familiar, familiarized, habitual, habituated,
hardened, household, inured, naturalized, normal, normative,
ordinary, orientated, oriented, popular, predominating,
prescriptive, prevailing, regular, regulation, routine, run-in,
seasoned, set, standard, stock, traditional, trained, universal,
used, used to, usual, vernacular, wont, wonted
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