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  • 71Accustom — 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;… …

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  • 72Accustomed — 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 …

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  • 73Accustoming — 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 …

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  • 74Custom — Cus tom, v. t. [Cf. OF. costumer. Cf. {Accustom}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To make familiar; to accustom. [Obs.] Gray. [1913 Webster] 2. To supply with customers. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 75familiarise — v. t. to make familiar or acquainted; same as {familiarize}. [chiefly Brit.] Syn: familiarize, acquaint. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 76accustom — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French acostomer, from a (from Latin ad ) + custume custom Date: 15th century to make familiar with something through use or experience • accustomation noun …

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  • 77clue — /klooh/, n., v., clued, cluing. n. 1. anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc. 2. clew (defs. 1 4, 6, 7). v.t. 3. to direct or point out by a clue. 4. clew (def. 8). 5. clue in, a. to provide with useful …

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  • 78accustom — verb /ə.ˈkəs.təm/ To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; 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. Syn:… …

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  • 79accustom — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. habituate, familiarize, inure. See habit. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. familiarize, habituate, acquaint, adapt, get used to. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To make familiar through constant… …

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  • 80condition — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fitness; state, birth, rank, place, estate, station, class; demand, qualification, proviso; plight, situation, status, position, pass, case, circumstances. See repute, circumstance. II (Roget s IV) n …

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