WONT DEFINITIONS - 14 definitions found
wont n 1: an established custom; "it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening" [syn: habit, wont] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) wont I. adjective Etymology: Middle English woned, wont, from past participle of wonen to dwell, be used to, from Old English wunian; akin to Old High German wonēn to dwell, be used to, Sanskrit vanoti he strives for — more at win Date: before 12th century 1. accustomed, used <got up early as he is wont to do> 2. inclined, apt <revealing as letters are wont to be — Gladys M. Wrigley> II. verb (wont; wont or wonted; wonting) Date: 15th century transitive verb accustom, habituate intransitive verb to have the habit of doing something III. noun Date: 1530 habitual way of doing ; use Synonyms: see habit Oxford English Reference Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary wont 1. If someone is wont to do something, they often or regularly do it. (WRITTEN) Both have committed their indiscretions, as human beings are wont to do. = inclined ADJ: v-link ADJ to-inf 2. If someone does a particular thing as is their wont, they do that thing often or regularly. (WRITTEN) Paul woke early, as was his wont. PHRASE: V inflects English Explanatory Dictionary wont wəunt adj., n., & v. --predic.adj. archaic or literary (foll. by to + infin.) accustomed (as we were wont to say). --n. formal or joc. what is customary, one's habit (as is my wont). --v.tr. & intr. (3rd sing. present wonts or wont; past wont or wonted) archaic make or become accustomed. [OE gewunod past part. of gewunian f. wunian dwell] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Won't \Won't\ A colloquial contraction of woll not. Will not. See Will. Note: Often pronounced w[u^]nt in New England. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Wont \Wont\, a. [For woned, p. p. of won, wone, to dwell, AS. wunian; akin to D. wonen, OS. wun?n, OHG, won?n, G. wohnen, and AS. wund, gewuna, custom, habit; orig. probably, to take pleasure; cf. Icel. una to dwell, to enjoy, Goth. wunan to rejoice (in unwunands sad); and akin to Skr. van to like, to wish. ????. Cf. Wean, Win.] Using or doing customarily; accustomed; habituated; used. ``As he was wont to go.'' --Chaucer. If the ox were wont to push with his horn. --Ex. xxi. 29. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Wont \Wont\, n. Custom; habit; use; usage. They are . . . to be called out to their military motions, under sky or covert, according to the season, as was the Roman wont. --Milton. From childly wont and ancient use. --Cowper. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Wont \Wont\, v. i. [imp. Wont, p. p. Wont, or Wonted; p. pr. & vb. n. Wonting.] To be accustomed or habituated; to be used. A yearly solemn feast she wont to make. --Spenser. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Wont \Wont\, v. t. To accustom; -- used reflexively. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms wont n. Custom, habit, use, practice. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 94 Moby Thesaurus words for "wont": acclimate, acclimated, acclimatize, acclimatized, accommodate, accommodated, accustom, accustomed, adapt, adapted, adjust, adjusted, automatism, bad habit, be used to, be wont, bon ton, break, break in, case harden, case-hardened, characteristic, condition, conditioned, confirm, conformity, consuetude, convention, creature of habit, custom, domesticate, domesticize, establish, established way, etiquette, experienced, familiarize, familiarized, fashion, fix, folkway, force of habit, gentle, get used to, habit, habit pattern, habituate, habitude, harden, hardened, housebreak, inure, inured, manner, manners, mores, naturalize, naturalized, observance, orient, orientate, orientated, oriented, pattern, peculiarity, practice, praxis, prescription, proper thing, ritual, run-in, season, seasoned, second nature, social convention, standard behavior, standard usage, standing custom, stereotype, stereotyped behavior, take to, tame, time-honored practice, tradition, train, trained, trick, usage, use, used to, way, what is done, wonted, wonting |
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