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accustoming

accustoming is the present participle and gerund of accustom.

Meaning of accustom

Verb

accustom (third-person singular simple present accustoms, present participle accustoming, simple past and past participle accustomed)

  1. (transitive, often passive voice or reflexive) To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to habituate, familiarize, or inure.
    • Early exposure to pet allergens and pet-related bacteria accustoms the body to allergens.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To be wont.
    • all of them accustoming , once in the year , to take their kind of the fresh water1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To cohabit.
    • Much better do we Britans fulfill the work of Nature than you Romans; we with the beſt men accuſtom op'nly; you with the baſest commit private adulteries.1670, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC, page 83

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Questions about accustoming

What is accustoming the present participle and gerund of?
Accustoming is the present participle and gerund of accustom.

Words near accustoming in the dictionary

  1. accustomed
  2. accustomedly
  3. accustomedness
  4. accustomest
  5. accustometh
  6. accustoming
  7. accustomise
  8. accustomised
  9. accustomises
  10. accustomising
  11. accustomization

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