wont



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


Wont \Wont\, v. t.
   To accustom; -- used reflexively.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


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:


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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


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:


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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