accustoms

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Chief among these techniques is "systematic desensitization," the process a mother uses when she accustoms a baby to the ocean by dipping in one foot first, then a leg, then the infant's whole body.

From Time Magazine Archive

Though it is repetitious and - I am afraid to say - increasingly annoying to listen to, this technique soon accustoms our ears to expect equal weight in a tune’s two halves.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

At first he feels giddy, but in time accustoms himself to put on a grave air.

From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Michelet, Jules

The natural man is eager for expansion and liberty, and accustoms himself with difficulty to the severe restrictions which social necessities impose upon him.

From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste

Manufacture, by its constantly changing processes, accustoms those who engage in it to the idea of continual adaptation and improvement.

From A Short History of English Liberalism by Blease, Walter Lyon