'Wont' definitions:
Definition of 'wont'
From: WordNet
noun
An established custom; "it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening" [syn: habit, wont]
Definition of 'Wont'
From: GCIDE
- Wont \Wont\, a. [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. [1913 Webster]
- If the ox were wont to push with his horn. --Ex. xxi. 29. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wont'
From: GCIDE
- Wont \Wont\, n. Custom; habit; use; usage. [1913 Webster]
- They are . . . to be called out to their military motions, under sky or covert, according to the season, as was the Roman wont. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- From childly wont and ancient use. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wont'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Wont'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Wont'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Wont'
From: GCIDE
- Wont \Wont\, v. t. To accustom; -- used reflexively. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wont'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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