verb
- to make someone or something familiar with something through repeated experience or exposure
Usage: often used reflexively or in passive voice
Examples
- It took weeks to accustom the new puppy to its crate.
- She gradually accustomed herself to the cold weather.
- The children were accustomed to eating dinner at six o’clock.
- Living in the city accustomed him to constant noise.
- We need to accustom the baby to sleeping through the night.
- After years abroad, he had to accustom himself to American customs again.