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

The difficulty of earning a livelihood in the inclement climate and on the stormy coast calls for energy and endurance, and accustoms the worker to self-restraint.

From Norway by Jungman, Beatrix

At first he feels giddy, but in time accustoms himself to put on a grave air.

From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Michelet, Jules

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