WONT


Meaning of WONT in English

— wontless , adj.

/wawnt, wohnt, wunt/ , adj., n., v., wont, wont or wonted, wonting .

adj.

1. accustomed; used (usually fol. by an infinitive): He was wont to rise at dawn.

n.

2. custom; habit; practice: It was her wont to walk three miles before breakfast.

v.t.

3. to accustom (a person), as to a thing.

4. to render (a thing) customary or usual (usually used passively).

v.i.

5. Archaic. to be wont.

[ 1300-50; (adj.) ME wont, woned, OE gewunod, ptp. of gewunian to be used to (see WON 2 ); c. G gewöhnt; (v.) ME, back formation from WONTED or wont (ptp.); (n.) appar. from conflation of wont (ptp.) with obs. wone wish, in certain stereotyped phrases ]

Syn. 1. habituated, wonted. 2. use.

Ant. 1. unaccustomed.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .