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accustom

/əˈkʌstəm/uh-KUH-stuhm
/əˈkʌstəm/uh-KUH-stuhm

Meaninghabit

Common meaning: make familiar through habit

Journey through time

  1. Latinconsuetudo‘habit’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftshabit → coustume, coustome, a customacostumer‘coustume, coustome, a custom’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftscoustume, coustome, a custom → make familiar through habitaccustom‘make familiar through habit’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin consuetudo ‘habit’.

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