MEANING
To make someone familiar with or used to something through experience.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- accustom oneself to
- accustom a child to
On the page
She accustomed herself to the unfamiliar rhythm of the house.
He tried to accustom the child to the sound before the journey.
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Word forms
- Base
- accustom
- Past tense
- accustomed
- Past participle
- accustomed
- Present participle
- accustoming
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- accustom
- Present continuous
- am/is/are accustoming
- Present perfect
- have/has accustomed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been accustoming
- Past
- accustomed
- Past continuous
- was/were accustoming
- Past perfect
- had accustomed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been accustoming
- Future
- will accustom
- Future continuous
- will be accustoming
- Future perfect
- will have accustomed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been accustoming
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: accustom; accustoms; accustomed; accustomed; accustoming Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: accustoms.
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