abituare — meaning in English

English meaning

• inure verb To make someone used to something unpleasant through repeated or prolonged exposure to it.
• wont noun A person's usual habit or custom.

Senses

abituare is used for these senses in English:

• inure (transitive) To cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or more unpleasantries. [from 16th c.]
• wont (transitive, archaic) To make (someone) used to; to accustom.

inure — full definition

1. verb To make someone used to something unpleasant through repeated or prolonged exposure to it.
2. verb To take effect or become legally operative, as a right or benefit.

wont — full definition

1. noun A person's usual habit or custom.
2. adj In the habit of doing something; accustomed to it.

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