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Webster'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.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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