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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To familiarize by use or habit; to habituate; as, to accustom oneself to humid weather.

2. (v. i.) To be wont.

3. (v. i.) To cohabit.

4. (n.) Custom.

Greek

1480. ethizo -- to accustom, ie the established custom (perf. pass ...
... ethizo. 1481 . to accustom, ie the established custom (perf. pass. ... Word Origin
from ethos Definition to accustom, ie the established custom (perf. pass. ...
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3543. nomizo -- to practice, consider
... suppose. From nomos; properly, to do by law (usage), ie To accustom (passively,
be usual); by extension, to deem or regard -- suppose, thing, be wont. ...
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Library

Letter xiii. --The Use of Trials Continued.
... Your present state of obscurity is a real grace from God, Who desires to accustom
you to walk in the darkness of pure faith which is the most meritorious way ...
/.../de caussade/abandonment to divine providence/letter xiii the use of trials.htm

This was Antony's First Struggle against the Devil...
... be dragged down on the other. He therefore planned to accustom himself to
a severer mode of life. And many marvelled, but he himself ...
/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/life of antony section 7.htm

Whether Divination Practiced by Invoking the Demons is Unlawful?
... For the demon who intends man's perdition endeavors, by his answers, even though
he sometimes tells the truth, to accustom men to believe him, and so to lead ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether divination practiced by invoking.htm

Fourth Conversation
... He told me, that all consists in one hearty renunciation of everything which we
are sensible does not lead to GOD; that we might accustom ourselves to a ...
/.../lawrence/the practice of the presence of god/fourth conversation.htm

Curiosity.
... To overcome an inordinate love for sights and news you must accustom the mind's
eye to feast on the panoramic beauties of nature, and confine yourself to the ...
/.../sainte-foi/serious hours of a young lady/chapter xvii curiosity.htm

Peculiarities of Tennessee Synod.
... thence? Pious ministers accustom their families to honest labor, so that
they may know how to support themselves when they need it. ...
/.../bente/american lutheranism/peculiarities of tennessee synod.htm

Whether the Judicial Precepts were Suitably Framed as to the ...
... see his brother in need, and shall shut up his bowels from him: how doth the charity
of God abide in him?" Hence the purpose of the Law was to accustom men to ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the judicial precepts were 3.htm

Book I to Pleasant Songs My Work was Erstwhile Given, and Bright ...
... who stifle the fruit-bearing harvest of reason with the barren briars of the passions:
they free not the minds of men from disease, but accustom them thereto. ...
/.../boethius/the consolation of philosophy/book i to pleasant songs.htm

Talkers and Talking
... Adopt the right tone, temper, and reticence in your conversation. You should accustom
yourself to look at things from the other person's standpoint. ...
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But He Imbues their Minds, Above All, with Ethical Science; and He ...
... And therefore he did not accustom us to a mere profession in words, as that prudence,
for instance, is the knowledge [217] of good and evil, or of what ought ...
/.../argument ix but he imbues their.htm

Thesaurus

Accustom (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To familiarize by use or habit; to habituate;
as, to accustom oneself to humid weather. ...Accustom (1 Occurrence). ...
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Accustomed (15 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (imp. & pp) of Accustom. 2. (a.) Familiar through
use; usual; customary. 3. (a.) Frequented by customers. ...
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Accusing (13 Occurrences)

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Use (620 Occurrences)
... 12. (vt) To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use diligence in
business. 13. (vt) To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice ...
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Wont (19 Occurrences)
... 4. (pp) of Wont. 5. (vi) To be accustomed or habituated; to be used. 6. (vt) To
accustom; -- used reflexively. Multi-Version Concordance Wont (19 Occurrences). ...
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Flesh (468 Occurrences)
... 12. (vt) To glut; to satiate; hence, to harden, to accustom. 13. (vt) To remove
flesh, membrane, etc., from, as from hides. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Teach (172 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To accustom; to guide; to show; to admonish. 4. (vi) To give instruction;
to follow the business, or to perform the duties, of a preceptor. Int. ...
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Train (17 Occurrences)
... to train soldiers to the use of arms. 4. (vt) To break, tame, and accustom
to draw, as oxen. 5. (vt) To lead or direct, and form ...
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Discipline (63 Occurrences)
... 10. (vt) To educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to train. 11. (vt)
To accustom to regular and systematic action; to bring under control so as to ...
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Practice (71 Occurrences)
... execute; to do. 14. (vt) To make use of; to employ. 15. (vt) To teach or
accustom by practice; to train. 16. (vi) To perform certain ...
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Bible Concordance

Accustom (1 Occurrence)

Jeremiah 10:2 Thus said Jehovah: Unto the way of the nations accustom not yourselves, And by the signs of the heavens be not affrighted, For the nations are affrighted by them.
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