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† aˈccustomance Obs. Also ac(c)ustumaunce. [a. OFr. acostumance, acoustumaunce, acc-, f. acostumer: see accustom and -ance.] Customary use or practice; custom, habit.
c1384Chaucer H. Fame 28 Or ellis by dysordynaunce Of naturell acustumaunce [v.r. accustumaunce, accustomaunce, accustomance]. 1483Caxton Cato b iij b, Oftentymes they inclyne or bowen to such playes by acustumance. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1213 Exercise and accustomance to sobriety, temperance and continency. 1660Boyle New Exp. Phys.-Mech. Digr. 375 By accustomance, some Men may bring themselves to support the want of Air a pretty while. 1690― Chr. Virtuoso i. 103 An Accustomance of endeavouring to give Clear Explications of the Phænomena of Nature. |