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
Habit accustoms the individual to accommodate himself to existing conditions, no matter how severe they may be.
From Rural Life and the Rural School by Kennedy, Joseph
One accustoms oneself to the things one sees every day.
From Spiritual Adventures by Symons, Arthur
The lady went to look at it, but found it very ugly, and thought to herself that daily habit soon accustoms us to the defects of others.
From Spontaneous Activity in Education by Montessori, Maria
