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Wont
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 4
Part of speech: noun (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 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To be accustomed or habituated; to be used. A yearly solemn feast she wont to make. Spenser.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To accustom; -- used reflexively.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 4
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
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.