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.
Accustom \Ac*cus"tom\, v. i. 1. To be wont. [Obs.] --Carew.
2. To cohabit. [Obs.]
We with the best men accustom openly; you with the basest commit private adulteries. --Milton.
Accustom \Ac*cus"tom\, n. Custom. [Obs.] --Milton.
All of this means that the rest of the world may have to accustom itself to analyzing the oil markets by other means.
In place of profitable train schedules they have had to accustom themselves to weighty volumes of speculative traffic projections, the latest litigation news and calls for funds. But - miracle of miracles - a revenue stream is now in prospect.