accustom
verb (used with object)
to familiarize by custom or use; habituate.
have accustomed
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present perfectof accustom.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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And new technologies have accustomed consumers to sharing ideas online with their peers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2016
Or will it just encourage and embed all the worst tendencies to which we have accustomed ourselves?
From The Guardian ● Dec. 22, 2015
Years of budget battles have accustomed many companies in the industry to preparing for rainy days.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 21, 2012
Reviewing “Dexter” in The Times in 2008, Ginia Bellafante wrote, “Dexter Morgan is continually differentiating himself, in ways both philosophical and mundane, from the street-grade sociopaths pulp fiction and local news have accustomed us to.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2010
Heaven knows what you have accustomed yourself to imagining me to be.
From Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther by Elizabeth von Arnim
