Accustom vs Accustomed - What's the difference?
accustom | accustomed |
(lb) To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; -- with to .
*ca. 1753 , (John Hawkesworth) et al., Adventurer
*:I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to fraud in little things, wants only opportunity to practice it in greater.
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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
To be wont.
:(Carew)
To cohabit.
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:We with the best men accustom openly; you with the basest commit private adulteries.
Familiar through use; usual; customary.
* An accustomed action - Shakespeare, Macbeth, V-v
Inured to; adapted to existing conditions.
(obsolete) Frequented by customers
* A well accustomed shop - Smollett
(accustom)
In obsolete terms the difference between accustom and accustomed
is that accustom is custom while accustomed is frequented by customers.As a noun accustom
is custom.As an adjective accustomed is
familiar through use; usual; customary.accustom
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Verb
(en verb)Synonyms
* habituate, get used to, inure, exercise, trainReferences
*accustomed
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Adjective
(en adjective)- accustomed to walking long distances
- accustomed to cold