Meaning & use

accustom

verb·Academic

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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