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Wont [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

WONT , a contraction of woll not, that is, will not.

Wont [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Accustomed; habituated; using or doing customarily.

2. If the ox were wont to push with his horn-- Exodus 21:29 .

3. They were wont to speak in old time, saying-- 2 Samuel 20:18 . Matthew 27:15 . Luke 22:39 .

Wont [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Custom; habit; use.

Wont [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To be accustomed or habituated; to be used.

2. A yearly solemn feast she wont to make.

3. Wherewith he wont to soar s high.

Wont [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Using or doing customarily; accustomed; habituated; used.

Wont [Imperfect tense] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Wont [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Custom; habit; use; usage.

Wont [Past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Wont [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To be accustomed or habituated; to be used.

Wont [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To accustom; -- used reflexively.

Wonted [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Accustomed; used.

2. Again his wonted weapon provd.

3. Accustomed; made familiar by use.

4. She was wonted to the place, and would not remove.

Wonted Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Wonted [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Accustomed; customary; usual.

Wontedness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The state of being accustomed.

Wontedness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality or state of being accustomed.

Wonting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Wontless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Unaccustomed; unused.

Wontless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Unaccustomed.

Habit Roget’s Thesaurus §613

N. habit, habitude, assuetude|, assuefaction|, wont, run, way, common state of things, general state of things, natural state of things, ordinary state of things, ordinary course of things, ordinary run of things, matter of course, beaten path, beaten track, beaten ground, prescription, custom, use, usage, immemorial usage, practice, prevalence, observance, conventionalism, conventionality, mode, fashion, vogue, etiquette, order of the day, cry, conformity, consuetude, dustoor, one's old way, old school, veteris vestigia flammae, laudator temporis acti, rule, standing order, precedent, routine, red-tape, red-tapism, pipe clay, rut, groove, cacoethes, bad habit, confirmed habit, inveterate habit, intrinsic habit &c, addiction, trick, training, seasoning, second nature, acclimatization, knack &c

V. be wont, fall into a rut, fall into a custom, tread the beaten track, follow the beaten track, tread the beaten path, follow the beaten, stare super antiquas vias, move in a rut, run on in a groove, go round like a horse in a mill, go on in the old jog trot way, habituate, inure, harden, season, caseharden, accustom, familiarize, naturalize, acclimatize, keep one's hand in, train, get into the way, get into the knack of, learn, cling to, adhere to, repeat, acquire a habit, contract a habit, fall into a habit, acquire a trick, contract a trick, fall into a trick, addict oneself to, take to, get into, be habitual, prevail, come into use, become a habit, take root, gain upon one, grow upon one

Adj. habitual, accustomary, prescriptive, accustomed, of daily occurrence, of everyday occurrence, consuetudinary, wonted, usual, general, ordinary, common, frequent, everyday, household, garden variety, jog, trot, well-trodden, well-known, familiar, vernacular, trite, commonplace, conventional, regular, set, stock, established, stereotyped, prevailing, prevalent, current, received, acknowledged, recognized, accredited, of course, admitted, understood, conformable, &c. 82, according to use, according to custom, according to routine, in vogue, in fashion, in, with it, fashionable, wont, used to, given to, addicted to, attuned to, habituated, in the habit of, habitue, at home in, seasoned, imbued with, devoted to, wedded to, hackneyed, fixed, rooted, deep-rooted, ingrafted, permanent, inveterate, besetting, naturalized, ingrained

Adv. habitually, always, as usual, as is one's wont, as things go, as the world goes, as the sparks fly upwards, more suo, more solito, ex more, as a rule, for the most part, usually, generally, typically, most often, most frequently

Phr. cela s'entend, abeunt studia in mores, adeo in teneris consuescere multum est, consuetudo quasi altera natura, hoc erat in more majorum, "how use doth breed a habit in a man!", magna est vis consuetudinis, morent fecerat usus

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Exodus 21:29

But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.

But if the ox has a habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or woman, then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death.

Numbers 22:30

And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.

But the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not the donkey you have ridden all your life until today? Have I ever treated you this way before?” “No,” he replied.

1 Samuel 30:31

And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.

and to those in Hebron and in all the places where David and his men had roamed.

2 Samuel 20:18

Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.

Then the woman said, “Long ago they used to say, ‘Seek counsel at Abel,’ and that is how disputes were settled.

Daniel 3:19

Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,

Matthew 27:15

Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.

Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing.

Mark 10:1

And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.

Then Jesus left that place and went into the region of Judea, beyond the Jordan. Again the crowds came to Him and He taught them, as was His custom.

Luke 22:39

And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.

Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him.

Acts 16:13

And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.

On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river, where it was customary to find a place of prayer. After sitting down, we spoke to the women who had gathered there.

Sirach 37:14

For a man’s mind is sometime wont to tell him more than seven watchmen, that sit above in an high tower.

Bel and the Dragon 1:15

Now in the night came the priests with their wives and children, as they were wont to do, and did eat and drink up all.

2 Maccabees 14:30

Notwithstanding, when Maccabeus saw that Nicanor began to be churlish unto him, and that he entreated him more roughly than he was wont, perceiving that such sour behaviour came not of good, he gathered together not a few of his men, and withdrew himself from Nicanor.