Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web
 
Help
Popular Searches
Synonyms
Nearby Words

Wonting

 - 3 dictionary results

wont

  [wawnt, wohnt, wuhnt] adjective, noun, verb, wont, wont or wont⋅ed, wont⋅ing.
Use Wonting in a Sentence
–adjective
1. accustomed; used (usually fol. by an infinitive): He was wont to rise at dawn.
–noun
2. custom; habit; practice: It was her wont to walk three miles before breakfast.
–verb (used with object)
3. to accustom (a person), as to a thing.
4. to render (a thing) customary or usual (usually used passively).
–verb (used without object)
5. Archaic. to be wont.
Origin:
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

Related forms:
wontless, adjective

Synonyms:
1. habituated, wonted. 2. use.

Antonyms:
1. unaccustomed.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To Wonting
wont   (wônt, wōnt, wŭnt)   
adj.  

  1. Accustomed or used: "The poor man is wont to complain that this is a cold world" (Henry David Thoreau).

  2. Likely: chaotic as holidays are wont to be.

n.  Customary practice; usage. See Synonyms at habit.
v.   wont or wont·ed, wont·ing, wonts

v.   tr.
To make accustomed to.
v.   intr.
To be in the habit of doing something.

[Middle English, past participle of wonen, to be used to, dwell; see won1.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Word Origin & History

wont 
"accustomed," O.E. wunod, pp. of wunian "to dwell, be accustomed," from P.Gmc. *wun- "to be content, to rejoice" (cf. O.S. wunon, O.Fris. wonia "to dwell, remain, be used to," O.H.G. wonen, Ger. wohnen "to dwell;" related to O.E. winnan, gewinnan "to win" (see win) and to wean. The noun meaning "habitual usage, custom" is attested from c.1300. Wonted is first attested 1408, an unconscious double pp.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Search another word or see Wonting on Thesaurus | Reference
FacebookTwitterFollow us:
Partner Sites:
Ask AnswersEviteExpediaHotelsHotwireLife123LiveDailyMy Way