ACCUSTOM
Dictionary entry overview: What does accustom mean?
• ACCUSTOM (verb)
The verb ACCUSTOM has 1 sense:
1. make psychologically or physically used (to something)
Familiarity information: ACCUSTOM used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ACCUSTOM (verb)
Meaning:
Make psychologically or physically used (to something)
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
accustom; habituate
Context example:
She became habituated to the background music
Hypernyms (to "accustom" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "accustom"):
harden; indurate; inure (cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate)
teach (accustom gradually to some action or attitude)
addict; hook (to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
