accustom
verb (used with object)
to familiarize by custom or use; habituate.
had been accustoming
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past perfect progressiveof accustom.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Still he had been accustoming himself to the idea, and, now that it was broken clean off, he was not so much pleased as he had expected.
From Sir Tom by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
