All 3 Uses
accustomed
in
Howards End
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- He was dark, clean-shaven, and seemed accustomed to command.†
Part 3accustomed to = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
- Two months are surely enough to accustom an outsider to a situation which a wife has accepted in two days, and Margaret had again to regret her sister's lack of self-control.†
Part 31 *accustom = to make someone used to something
- He was accustomed to natives, and a very little shook him out of the Englishman.†
Part 44accustomed to = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
Definitions:
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(1)
(accustom) to make someone used to something
(used to is an expression that means someone has adapted to something, so it does not seem unusual)In professional environments, you may make a better impression by saying one is accustomed to something rather than one is used to something. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)