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
The daily visit to the paddock accustoms the younger horses to the presence 234of men, so that they are not altogether wild when they are taken in hand for breaking.
From The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent by Knox, Thomas Wallace
He accustoms himself to think before he speaks.
From Talkers With Illustrations by Bate, John
He is compelled to notice boulevards and buildings, parks and people; and every day of his travels is a lesson in observation that accustoms him to remember all he has once seen.
From Every Man His Own University by Conwell, Russell H.
