Wont
[wəʊnt] or [wɔnt]
Definition
(a.) Using or doing customarily; accustomed; habituated; used.
(n.) Custom; habit; use; usage.
(imp.) of Wont
(p. p.) of Wont
(v. i.) To be accustomed or habituated; to be used.
(v. t.) To accustom; -- used reflexively.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Custom, habit, use, practice.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Rule, custom, use, habit
ANT:Exception, deviation, disuse, desuetude
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Definition
adj. used or accustomed.—n. habit.—v.i. to be accustomed.—adj. Won′ted accustomed: usual.—n. Won′tedness.—adj. Wont′less (Spens.) unaccustomed.
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Examples
- No, it is not selfishness or conceit, said he, answering, as was his wont, my thoughts rather than my words. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- We are wont to dispute concerning the nature of mathematical points, but seldom concerning the nature of their ideas. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Juries,' said Mr. Bumble, grasping his cane tightly, as was his wont when working into a passion: 'juries is ineddicated, vulgar, grovelling wretches. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The fact was, Madame was only acting according to her quite justifiable wont. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Lydgate's thought, when Bulstrode paused according to his wont, was, He has perhaps been losing a good deal of money. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- While I described the disaster, Mr. Jaggers stood, according to his wont, before the fire. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Sir,' rejoined Mrs. Sparsit, 'there was wont to be an elasticity in you which I sadly miss. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- An impressive silence broods over the monstrous structure where such multitudes of men and women were wont to assemble in other days. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The rite over, his niece, according to her wont, stepped up to him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Let her plant Medicis and build grand monuments over them to testify how gratefully she was wont to lick the hand that scourged her. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Pilgrim, raising his finger in an attitude as if to express caution, added, Gurth, beware--thou are wont to be prudent. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- One is from Hexamshire; he is wont to trace the Tynedale and Teviotdale thieves, as a bloodhound follows the slot of a hurt deer. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- She was willing to allow he might have more good qualities than she had been wont to suppose. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- As countryman was wont to meet countryman in distant lands, did we greet our visitors on their landing, with outstretched hands and gladsome welcome. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Hypochondria has that wont, to rise in the midst of thousands--dark as Doom, pale as Maladyand well-nigh strong as Death. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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