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accustom
English
Etymology
From Old French acoustumer, acustumer (Modern French accoutumer) corresponding to a (“to, toward”) + custom. More at custom, costume.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.?k?s.t?m/
Verb
accustom (third-person singular simple present accustoms, present participle accustoming, simple past and past participle accustomed)
- (transitive, often passive or reflexive) To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to habituate, familiarize, or inure. [+ to (object)]
- ca. 1753, John Hawkesworth et al., Adventurer
- I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to fraud in little things, wants only opportunity to practice it in greater.
- “[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons?! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
- ca. 1753, John Hawkesworth et al., Adventurer
- (intransitive, obsolete) To be wont.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Carew to this entry?)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To cohabit.
Synonyms
- habituate, get used to, inure, exercise, train
Related terms
- custom, customary
Translations
Noun
accustom (plural accustoms)
- (obsolete) Custom.
References
- accustom in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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conform
English
Etymology
From Middle English conformen, borrowed from Old French conformer, from Latin conform?re (“to mould, to shape after”)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k?n?f??m/
- (General American) IPA(key): /k?n?f??m/
- Rhymes: -??(?)m
- Hyphenation: con?form
Verb
conform (third-person singular simple present conforms, present participle conforming, simple past and past participle conformed)
- (intransitive, of persons, often followed by to) To act in accordance with expectations; to behave in the manner of others, especially as a result of social pressure.
- 1839, Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle, ch. 4:
- [B]y conforming to the dress and habits of the Gauchos, he has obtained an unbounded popularity in the country.
- 1839, Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle, ch. 4:
- (intransitive, of things, situations, etc.) To be in accordance with a set of specifications or regulations, or with a policy or guideline.
- 1919, Hildegard G. Frey, The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit, ch. 11:
- In height and breadth it conformed to the prescribed measurements laid down by the rules of the contest.
- 2006 22 Dec., "Judge Cuts Amount of Vioxx Award ," New York Times (retrieved 7 June 2011):
- A judge in a Texas widow’s lawsuit over the Merck drug Vioxx reduced a $32 million jury award to about $7.75 million on Thursday so that it conformed to state law.
- 1919, Hildegard G. Frey, The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit, ch. 11:
- (transitive) To make similar in form or nature; to make suitable for a purpose; to adapt.
- c. 1710, Jonathan Swift, "Vanbrugh's House" in The Poems of Jonathan Swift (1910 edition):
- There is a worm by Phoebus bred,
- By leaves of mulberry is fed,
- Which unprovided where to dwell,
- Conforms itself to weave a cell.
- 1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature, ch. 6:
- The sensual man conforms thoughts to things; the poet conforms things to his thoughts.
- c. 1710, Jonathan Swift, "Vanbrugh's House" in The Poems of Jonathan Swift (1910 edition):
Synonyms
- (to act in accordance with expectations): acquiesce, comply, go along to get along, knuckle under, submit; see also Thesaurus:conform
Related terms
Translations
References
- “conform”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French conforme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kon?form/
Preposition
conform (+dative)
- according to
Related terms
- conforma
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