Dictionary entry

Assuefaction

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

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

Jer. Taylor.