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hab·it1    Audio Help   [hab-it] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary: the habit of looking both ways before crossing the street.
2.customary practice or use: Daily bathing is an American habit.
3.a particular practice, custom, or usage: the habit of shaking hands.
4.a dominant or regular disposition or tendency; prevailing character or quality: She has a habit of looking at the bright side of things.
5.addiction, esp. to narcotics (often prec. by the).
6.mental character or disposition: a habit of mind.
7.characteristic bodily or physical condition.
8.the characteristic form, aspect, mode of growth, etc., of an organism: a twining habit.
9.the characteristic crystalline form of a mineral.
10.garb of a particular rank, profession, religious order, etc.: a monk's habit.
11.the attire worn by a rider of a saddle horse.
–verb (used with object)
12.to clothe; array.

[Origin: 1175–1225; ME < L habitus state, style, practice, equiv. to habi- (var. s. of habére to have) + -tus verbal n. suffix; r. ME abit < OF]

2. bent, wont. 3. See custom. 10. dress, costume. 12. dress, garb, attire; deck out.
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–verb (used with object)
1.Archaic. to dwell in.
–verb (used without object)
2.Obsolete. to dwell.

[Origin: 1325–75; ME habiten < L habitāre to inhabit; see habitat]
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hab·it    Audio Help   (hāb'ĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. A recurrent, often unconscious pattern of behavior that is acquired through frequent repetition.
    2. An established disposition of the mind or character.
    3. A distinctive dress or costume, especially of a religious order.
    4. A riding habit.
  1. Customary manner or practice: a person of ascetic habits.
  2. An addiction, especially to a narcotic drug.
  3. Physical constitution.
  4. Characteristic appearance, form, or manner of growth, especially of a plant or crystal.
    1. A distinctive dress or costume, especially of a religious order.
    2. A riding habit.

tr.v.   hab·it·ed, hab·it·ing, hab·its
To clothe; dress.


[Middle English, clothing, from Old French, clothing, behavior, custom, from Latin habitus, from past participle of habēre, to have; see ghabh- in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: These nouns denote patterns of behavior established by continual repetition. Habit applies to a behavior or practice so ingrained that it is often done without conscious thought: "Habit rules the unreflecting herd" (William Wordsworth).
Practice denotes an often chosen pattern of individual or group behavior: "You will find it a very good practice always to verify your references, sir" (Martin Joseph Routh).
Custom is behavior as established by long practice and especially by accepted conventions: "No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion" (Carrie Chapman Catt).
Usage refers to an accepted standard for a group that regulates individual behavior: "laws ... corrected, altered, and amended by acts of parliament and common usage" (William Blackstone).
Use and wont are terms for customary and distinctive practice: "situations where the use and wont of their fathers no longer meet their necessities" (J.A. Froude).
Habitude refers to an individual's behaving in a certain way rather than a specific act: "His real habitude gave life and grace/To appertainings and to ornament" (Shakespeare).

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habit 
c.1225, from O.Fr. habit, from L. habitus "condition, demeanor, appearance, dress," originally pp. of habere "to have, to hold, possess," from PIE base *ghabh- "to seize, take, hold, have, give, receive" (cf. Skt. gabhasti- "hand, forearm;" O.Ir. gaibim "I take, hold, I have," gabal "act of taking;" Lith. gabana "armful," gabenti "to remove;" Goth. gabei "riches;" O.E. giefan, O.N. gefa "to give"). Base sense probably "to hold," which can be either in offering or in taking. Applied in Latin to both inner and outer states of being, and taken over in both sense by English, though meaning of "dress" is now restricted to monks and nuns. Drug sense is from 1887. Habitual first attested 1526.

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habit

noun
1. an established custom; "it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening" 
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" 
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) 
6. excessive use of drugs [syn: substance abuse

verb
1. put a habit on 

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habit

see kick a habit.


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habit1 [ˈhӕbit] noun
something which a person does usually or regularly
Example: the habit of going for a walk before bed; an irritating habit of interrupting
Arabic: عادَه
Chinese (Simplified): 习惯
Chinese (Traditional): 習慣
Czech: zvyk
Danish: vane
Dutch: gewoonte
Estonian: komme
Finnish: tapa
French: habitude
German: die Gewohnheit
Greek: συνήθεια
Hungarian: szokás
Icelandic: ávani, vani
Indonesian: kebiasaan
Italian: abitudine
Japanese: 習慣
Korean: 버릇
Latvian: ieradums; paradums
Lithuanian: įprotis
Norwegian: (sed)vane, tilbøyelighet
Polish: nawyk, zwyczaj
Portuguese (Brazil): hábito
Portuguese (Portugal): hábito
Russian: привычка
Slovak: zvyk
Slovenian: navada
Spanish: hábito, costumbre
Swedish: vana
Turkish: alışkanlık, huy, âdet
habit2 [ˈhӕbit] noun
a tendency to do the same things that one has always done
Example: I did it out of habit.
Arabic: بِسَبَب العادَه
Chinese (Simplified): 习性
Chinese (Traditional): 習性
Czech: zvyk
Danish: sædvane; vane
Dutch: uit gewoonte
Estonian: harjumusa
Finnish: tottumus
French: (par) habitude
German: die Gewohnheit
Greek: συνήθεια, έξη
Hungarian: (meg)szokás
Icelandic: ávani, vani
Indonesian: kebiasaan
Italian: abitudine
Japanese:
Korean: 습관
Latvian: ieradums; paradums
Lithuanian: įpratimas
Norwegian: (sed)vane
Polish: nawyk
Portuguese (Brazil): hábito
Portuguese (Portugal): hábito
Russian: привычка
Slovak: zvyk, návyk
Slovenian: iz navade
Spanish: hábito, costumbre
Swedish: vana
Turkish: alışkanlık
habit3 [ˈhӕbit] noun
clothes
Example: a monk's habit
Arabic: لِباس
Chinese (Simplified): 服装
Chinese (Traditional): 服裝
Czech: háv, šat
Danish: ordensdragt
Dutch: habijt
Estonian: rõivas, rüü
Finnish: puku
French: habit(s)
German: die Kleidung
Greek: ένδυμα
Hungarian: ruha
Icelandic: búningur, klæði
Indonesian: pakaian
Italian: abito
Japanese:
Korean: 복장
Latvian: tērps
Lithuanian: apdaras
Norwegian: habitt, ordensdrakt
Polish: habit
Portuguese (Brazil): hábito
Portuguese (Portugal): hábito
Russian: одеяние
Slovak: habit
Slovenian: obleka
Spanish: hábito
Swedish: dräkt, klädnad, kåpa
Turkish: papaz elbisesi
See also: from force of habit, get (someone) into, out of the habit of, habitual

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  1. The characteristic shape of a crystal, such as the cubic habit that is characteristic of pyrite.
  2. The characteristic manner of growth of a plant. For example, grape plants and ivy display a vining habit.

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Habit

A"ble\, a. [Comp. Abler; superl. Ablest.] [OF. habile, L. habilis that may be easily held or managed, apt, skillful, fr. habere to have, hold. Cf. Habile and see Habit.]

1. Fit; adapted; suitable. [Obs.]

A many man, to ben an abbot able. --Chaucer.

2. Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.

3. Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech.

No man wrote abler state papers. --Macaulay.

4. (Law) Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.

Note:

Able for, is Scotticism. "Hardly able for such a march." --Robertson.

Syn: Competent; qualified; fitted; efficient; effective; capable; skillful; clever; vigorous; powerful.
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Habit

A"ver\ ([=a]"v[~e]r), n. [OF. aver domestic animal, whence LL. averia, pl. cattle. See Habit, and cf. Average.] A work horse, or working ox. [Obs. or Dial. Eng.]
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