Usage examples for accustom:

• When, as in well- ordered states and tranquil times, men rise slowly, step by step, they accustom themselves to their growing fortunes. "Rienzi" – Edward Bulwer Lytton

• We try to accustom ourselves to wild beasts, and make friends of them. "Clover" – Susan Coolidge

• Presently, however, they recovered from their malady and became eager to meet the enemy; Edmund bade his men take part in the working of the ship in order to accustom themselves to the duties of seamen. "The Dragon and the Raven or, The Days of King Alfred" – G. A. Henty

• " If we could only get them down to earth- if we could only accustom them to walking about," Honey declared, " I'm sure we could rig up some kind of trap." "Angel Island" – Inez Haynes Gillmore