Meaning & use
accustom
To make someone or oneself familiar with something through habit or repeated experience.
See it in a sentence
It took a few weeks to accustom myself to the new time zone.
The training program helps new employees accustom themselves to company procedures.
A note on using this word
Accustom is almost always used reflexively, as accustom oneself to, or in the passive as accustomed to, rarely as a plain active verb.
Words with a similar meaning
acclimateadapt
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