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wont noun [ wəʊnt ]

• one's customary behaviour.
• "Constance, as was her wont, had paid her little attention"
Similar: custom, habit, way, practice, convention, routine, use, rule,

wont adjective

• (of a person) in the habit of doing something; accustomed.
• "he was wont to arise at 5.30 every morning"
Similar: accustomed, used, given, inclined, in the habit of,

wont verb

• make or be or become accustomed.
• "wont thy heart to thoughts hereof"
Origin: Old English gewunod, past participle of wunian, ‘dwell, be accustomed’, of Germanic origin.


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