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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