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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ACCUS'TOMED, pp.
1. Being familiar by use; habituated; inured.
2. a. Usual; often practiced; as in their accustomed manner.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (often followed by `to') in the habit of or adapted to; "accustomed to doing her own work"; "I've grown accustomed to her face" [ant: unaccustomed]
2: commonly used or practiced; usual; "his accustomed thoroughness"; "took his customary morning walk"; "his habitual comment"; "with her wonted candor" [syn: accustomed, customary, habitual, wonted]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 15th century 1. often used or practiced ; customary <her accustomed cheerfulness> 2. adapted to existing conditions <eyes accustomed to the dark> 3. being in the habit or custom <accustomed to winning> Synonyms: see usual • accustomedness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 (usu. foll. by to) used to (accustomed to hard work). 2 customary, usual.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Accustom Ac*cus"tom, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accustomed; p. pr. & vb. n. Accustoming.] [OF. acostumer, acustumer, F. accoutumer; [`a] (L. ad) + OF. costume, F. coutume, custom. See Custom.] To make familiar by use; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; -- with to. I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to fraud in little things, wants only opportunity to practice it in greater. --Adventurer. Syn: To habituate; inure; exercise; train.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Accustomed Ac*cus"tomed, a. 1. Familiar through use; usual; customary. ``An accustomed action.'' --Shak. 2. Frequented by customers. [Obs.] ``A well accustomed shop.'' --Smollett.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you are accustomed to something, you know it so well or have experienced it so often that it seems natural, unsurprising, or easy to deal with. I was accustomed to being the only child at a table full of adults... = used ADJ: v-link ADJ to n/-ing 2. When your eyes become accustomed to darkness or bright light, they adjust so that you start to be able to see things, after not being able to see properly at first. My eyes were becoming accustomed to the gloom. ADJ: v-link ADJ to n 3. You can use accustomed to describe an action that someone usually does, a quality that they usually show, or an object that they usually use. He took up his accustomed position with his back to the fire... Freed acted with his accustomed shrewdness. ...his accustomed glass of whisky. = usual, habitual ADJ: poss ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Usual, habitual, wonted, habituated, customary, familiar, common, frequent, regular, ordinary, every-day.

Moby Thesaurus

accepted, acclimated, acclimatized, accommodated, adapted, adjusted, average, case-hardened, chronic, common, commonplace, conditioned, confirmed, conventional, current, customary, everyday, experienced, familiar, familiarized, habitual, habituated, hardened, household, inured, naturalized, normal, normative, ordinary, orientated, oriented, popular, predominating, prescriptive, prevailing, regular, regulation, routine, run-in, seasoned, set, standard, stock, traditional, trained, universal, used, used to, usual, vernacular, wont, wonted