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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Accustumit, ppl. a. Also: accustumyt, -umet, -ummet, accustomyt, -omit, -emit; accoustamit, -omed, -umet. [The p.p. of Accustom v., similarly used in Eng. from late ME. (1452) onwards.]
1. Accustomed, habituated (to do something, or with a thing).1456 Hay I. 156/21 (thai that is accustumyt to juge the weris). c1515 Asl. MS. I. 177/10 (accustomit to luf honour). 1513 Doug. i. xi. 68 (accustomyt to drynk). 1572 Inverness B. Rec. I. 214 (as thai war accustummet). 1588 Events Q. Mary 50 (I heav not bein accoustamit to wryt to ȝou).
2. Customary, usual, habitual.1533 Bell. Livy I. 24/24 (the solemniteis that tyme accustumyt); 51/2 (as it was accustumyt). 1562-3 Winȝet II. 26/8 (the vseit and accustomit end). 1600 Hamilton Facile Tr. Ep. (ȝour accoustumet faueur) . 1608 Stirling Merch. Guilds 27 (the accustomit forme).
