Wont

//wəʊnt//

Definitions

nounwonts

1
One's habitual way of doing things; custom, habit, practice.
He awoke at the crack of dawn, as was his wont.
Similar
wone habit routine

adj

1
Accustomed or used (to or with a thing), accustomed or apt (to do something).
He is wont to complain loudly about his job.

verbwonts · wonting · wonted

1
To make (someone) used to; to accustom.
I have heard it remarked by the old farmers, that when beasts are first transferred from one place to another, that if they keep them without food for two or three days, it will go far towards wonting them to their new situation.

Word Origin

From Old English gewunod, past participle of ġewunian (“to be accustomed to, dwell”), possibly as a conflation of wone (“custom, habit, practice”) and wont (participle adjective, below). Compare Germa...

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