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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
habit
n 1: an established custom; "it was their habit to dine at 7
every evening" [syn: habit, wont]
2: (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to
a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through
frequent repetition; "owls have nocturnal habits"; "she had a
habit twirling the ends of her hair"; "long use had hardened
him to it" [syn: habit, use]
3: a distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order
4: the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or
crystal); "a shrub of spreading habit"
5: attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider
(especially a woman's attire) [syn: habit, riding habit]
6: excessive use of drugs [syn: substance abuse, drug abuse,
habit]
v 1: put a habit on
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Habit \Hab"it\ (h[a^]b"[i^]t) n. [OE. habit, abit, F. habit, fr.
L. habitus state, appearance, dress, fr. habere to have, be
in a condition; prob. akin to E. have. See Have, and cf.
Able, Binnacle, Debt, Due, Exhibit, Malady.]
1. The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either
natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed,
and firmly retained; as, a religious habit; his habit is
morose; elms have a spreading habit; esp., physical
temperament or constitution; as, a full habit of body.
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2. (Biol.) The general appearance and manner of life of a
living organism. Specifically, the tendency of a plant or
animal to grow in a certain way; as, the deciduous habit
of certain trees.
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3. Fixed or established custom; ordinary course of conduct;
practice; usage; hence, prominently, the involuntary
tendency or aptitude to perform certain actions which is
acquired by their frequent repetition; as, habit is second
nature; also, peculiar ways of acting; characteristic
forms of behavior.
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A man of very shy, retired habits. --W. Irving.
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4. Outward appearance; attire; dress; hence, a garment; esp.,
a closely fitting garment or dress worn by ladies; as, a
riding habit.
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Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy. --Shak.
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There are, among the statues, several of Venus, in
different habits. --Addison.
5. Hence: The distinctive clothing worn commonly by nuns or
monks; as, in the late 1900's many orders of nuns
discarded their habits and began to dress as ordinary lay
women.
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Syn: Practice; mode; manner; way; custom; fashion.
Usage: Habit, Custom. Habit is a disposition or tendency
leading us to do easily, naturally, and with growing
certainty, what we do often; custom is external, being
habitual use or the frequent repetition of the same
act. The two operate reciprocally on each other. The
custom of giving produces a habit of liberality;
habits of devotion promote the custom of going to
church. Custom also supposes an act of the will,
selecting given modes of procedure; habit is a law of
our being, a kind of "second nature" which grows up
within us.
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How use doth breed a habit in a man! --Shak.
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He who reigns . . . upheld by old repute,
Consent, or custom --Milton.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Habit \Hab"it\ (h[a^]b"[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Habited; p.
pr. & vb. n. Habiting.] [OE. habiten to dwell, F. habiter,
fr. L. habitare to have frequently, to dwell, intens. fr.
habere to have. See Habit, n.]
1. To inhabit. [Obs.]
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In thilke places as they [birds] habiten. --Rom. of
R.
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2. To dress; to clothe; to array.
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They habited themselves like those rural deities.
--Dryden.
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3. To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.] --Chapman.
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4. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906) |
HABIT, n. A shackle for the free.
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Thesaurus Results for habit:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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