accustoms

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Chief among these techniques is "systematic desensitization," the process a mother uses when she accustoms a baby to the ocean by dipping in one foot first, then a leg, then the infant's whole body.

From Time Magazine Archive

Though it is repetitious and - I am afraid to say - increasingly annoying to listen to, this technique soon accustoms our ears to expect equal weight in a tune’s two halves.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

In this way the hand accustoms itself, not only to perform the general action, but also to confine the movement within all kinds of limits.

From Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook by Montessori, Maria

This accustoms the mind to sound exertion, and not to fits of attention.

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin

It is the same thing if he accustoms them to Eastern, or Spanish, or any other line.

From A Girl of the Commune by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)