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

But at least it encourages somewhat more sustained reading and, what is the great fact, it accustoms the reader to handling something in the form of a book.

From The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations by Robinson, Harry Perry

Manufacture, by its constantly changing processes, accustoms those who engage in it to the idea of continual adaptation and improvement.

From A Short History of English Liberalism by Blease, Walter Lyon

He was wise enough to attempt no consolation, knowing well how small a part of her life the venerable Indian had been and how easily youth accustoms itself to such a loss.

From Jessica, the Heiress by Raymond, Evelyn