 7 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
wont
noun
1: an established custom; "it was their habit to dine at 7
every evening" [syn: {habit}]
2: a pattern of behavior acquired through frequent repetition;
"she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"; "long use
had hardened him to it" [syn: {habit}, {use}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wont \Wont\, verb (used with an object)
To accustom; -- used reflexively.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Won't \Won't\
A colloquial contraction of woll not. Will not. See {Will}.
Note: Often pronounced w[u^]nt in New England.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wont \Wont\, adjective [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wont \Wont\, noun
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wont \Wont\, verb (used without an object) [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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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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