As`sue*fac"tion (#), n. [L. assuefacere to accustom to; assuetus (p. p. of assuescere to accustom to) + facere to make; cf. OF. assuefaction.]

The act of accustoming, or the state of being accustomed; habituation.

[Obs.]

Custom and studies efform the soul like wax, and by assuefaction introduce a nature. Jer. Taylor.

 

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