From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Wont \Wont\, v. t.
To accustom; -- used reflexively.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Won't \Won't\
A colloquial contraction of woll not. Will not. See {Will}.
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Note: Often pronounced w[u^]nt in New England.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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If the ox were wont to push with his horn. --Ex. xxi.
29.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Wont \Wont\, n.
Custom; habit; use; usage.
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They are . . . to be called out to their military
motions, under sky or covert, according to the season,
as was the Roman wont. --Milton.
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From childly wont and ancient use. --Cowper.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Wont \Wont\, v. i. [imp. {Wont}, p. p. {Wont}, or {Wonted}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Wonting}.]
To be accustomed or habituated; to be used.
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A yearly solemn feast she wont to make. --Spenser.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wont
n 1: an established custom; "it was their habit to dine at 7
every evening" [syn: {habit}, {wont}]
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