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单词 reaccustom
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reaccustomv.

Brit. /ˌriːəˈkʌstəm/, U.S. /ˌriəˈkəstəm/
Forms: see re- prefix and accustom v.; also 1800s reäccustom.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: re- prefix, accustom v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + accustom v., perhaps after French réaccoutumer (1600 as reaccoustumer, 1531 in Middle French as racoustumer; subsequently from 19th cent.).
transitive. To accustom (a person or thing) to something again; to habituate or adapt once more.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > do habitually [verb (transitive)] > accustom (a person) > again
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rabituer, to reaccustome, reinure.
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. vi. iii. 158 We keep open the Windows of the green Houses, where our Orange Trees are in fair weather, to reaccustom them..to the wide Air.
1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance xxiii. 228 Time long enough for my..hands to reäccustom themselves to gloves.
1891 Olean (N.Y.) Democrat 31 Dec. I remember what difficulty I experienced in reaccustoming myself to the humdrum..life of a farm laborer after the gay, rollicking times I had in..France.
1919 Times 3 Feb. 12/7 He had even begun, at his own desire, to reaccustom himself to regular work for an hour or two every day.
1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 20 Jan. It doesn't compare with the 30- to 140- foot depths they'll be working in, but it clears the sinuses and gets you reaccustomed to scuba gear.
2001 News (Frederick, Maryland) 25 Jan. b5 The Ravens practiced in shoulder pads and helmets so they could..reaccustom themselves to throwing and catching with gear on.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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