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.
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If the ox were wont to push with his horn. --Ex. xxi.
29.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |