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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Accustomed or used: "The poor man is wont to complain that this is a cold world” ( Henry David Thoreau).
  2. adj. Likely: chaotic as holidays are wont to be.
  3. n. Customary practice; usage. See Synonyms at habit.
  4. v. To make accustomed to.
  5. v. To be in the habit of doing something.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Accustomed; in the habit; habituated; using or doing customarily.
  2. Obsolete preterit of won.
  3. To be accustomed or habituated; use; be used.
  4. To dwell; make one's home.
  5. To accustom; habituate.
  6. n. Custom; habit; practice; way.
  7. An obsolete form of want.
  8. n. A variant of want.

Wiktionary

  1. n. One’s habitual way of doing things, practice, custom.
  2. adj. archaic Accustomed or used (to or with a thing).
  3. adj. designating habitual behaviour Accustomed, apt (to doing something).
  4. v. transitive, archaic To make (someone) used to; to accustom.
  5. v. intransitive, archaic To be accustomed.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Using or doing customarily; accustomed; habituated; used.
  2. n. Custom; habit; use; usage.
  3. v. To be accustomed or habituated; to be used.
  4. v. To accustom; -- used reflexively.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. an established custom

Etymologies

  1. Old English ġewunod, past participle of ġewunian. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English, past participle of wonen, to be used to, dwell; see won1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. accustomed
  1. habituated
  1. used
  1. custom
  1. habit
  1. use
  1. usage
  1. accustom

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  1. tradition
  1. custom

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  1. well
  2. scarce
  3. didnt
  4. 'to
  1. doesnt
  2. t
  3. ud
  4. they
  1. ll
  2. lief
  3. cant
  4. likely
  1. ould
  2. thou'lt
  3. youll
  4. dinna
  1. please
  2. ter
  3. twill
  4. dont
  1. kin
  2. prefer
  3. now

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  1. woont
  2. won
  1. fain
  2. doer
  1. statute-fair
  2. anniversary
  1. accustom
  2. wont
  1. use
  2. wone
  1. burgage
  2. custom
  1. gang

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