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Accustomed

//əˈkʌs.təmd// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Familiar with something through repeated experience; adapted to existing conditions. (of a person)

    "I am not accustomed to walk(ing) long distances."

  2. 2
    Familiar through use; usual; customary. (of a thing, condition, activity, etc.)

    "It is an accustomed action with her, to seem thus washing her hands: I have known her continue in this a quarter of an hour."

  3. 3
    Frequented by customers. archaic

    "1778, Tobias Smollett (translator), The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane by Alain-René Lesage, London: S. Crowder et al., Volume I, Chapter 7, p. 148, There I got a place on the same terms as at Segovia, in a well accustomed shop, much frequented on account of the neighbourhood of the church of Santa Cruz, and the Prince’s theatre […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    commonly used or practiced; usual wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of accustom form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From accustom + -ed.

Etymology 2

From accustom + -ed.

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