- present tense form of accustom (3rd person singular).
accustoms
Example Sentences
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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
The true ideal of education is such as sharpens the judgment and accustoms the individual to consider his action from all sides, in the consciousness of personal responsibility.
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by C. M. Williams
The natural man is eager for expansion and liberty, and accustoms himself with difficulty to the severe restrictions which social necessities impose upon him.
From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Auguste Forel
One accustoms oneself to the things one sees every day.
From Spiritual Adventures by Arthur Symons
