Thesaurus: wont

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1. a. Using or doing customarily; accustomed; habituated; used.
2. n. Custom; habit; use; usage.
3. imp. of Wont
4. p. p. of Wont
5. v. i. To be accustomed or habituated; to be used.
6. v. t. To accustom; -- used reflexively.
7. n. an established custom
8. 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. 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. To be accustomed or habituated; to be used. A yearly solemn feast she wont to make. Spenser. To accustom; -- used reflexively.
9. Using or doing customarily; accustomed; habituated; used. "Ashe was wont to go." Chaucer.If the ox were wont to push with his horn. Ex. xxi. 29.
10. j:58/n:42 n an established custom