WONT


Meaning of WONT in English

adj., n., & v.

--predic.adj. archaic or literary (foll. by to + infin.) accustomed (as we were wont to say).

--n. formal or joc. what is customary, one's habit (as is my wont).

--v.tr. & intr. (3rd sing. present wonts or wont; past wont or wonted) archaic make or become accustomed.

Etymology: OE gewunod past part. of gewunian f. wunian dwell

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.