accustom

t. & i. [O. Fr. a cost omer, from Low Lat. accostumo, from Lat. ad, and consuetudinem, acc us. of consuetudo = custom; Ital. accostomare.] [CUSTOM.] A. Transitive: 1. To create a custom or habit by practising the same act a number of times; to habituate, to inure. 55 "Men were accustomed to redre their wrongs by the strong hand."- Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. 1. * 2. To frequent. "A well- accustomed house." -Mad . Cent livre: Bold Stroke, 1. 1. B. Intransitive: 1. Gen.: To be habituated, to be used or wont to anything. "Which most living things accustom ."- Carew . *2. Spec.: To cohabit. "We with the best men accustom openly."-Milton: Hist. Eng ., iii.