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wont
1[ wawnt, wohnt, wuhnt ]
adjective
- accustomed; used (usually followed by an infinitive):
He was wont to rise at dawn.
Synonyms: wonted
Antonyms: unaccustomed
noun
- custom; habit; practice:
It was her wont to walk three miles before breakfast.
Synonyms: use
verb (used with object)
, wont, wont or wont·ed, wont·ing.
- to accustom (a person), as to a thing:
That summer wonted me to a lifetime of early rising.
- to render (a thing) customary or usual (usually used passively).
verb (used without object)
, wont, wont or wont·ed, wont·ing.
- to be wont.
won't
2[ wohnt, wuhnt ]
- contraction of will not:
He won't see you now.
won't
1/ wəʊnt /
contraction of
- will not
wont
2/ wəʊnt /
adjective
- postpositive accustomed (to doing something)
he was wont to come early
noun
- a manner or action habitually employed by or associated with someone (often in the phrases as is my wont, as is his wont, etc)
verb
- when tr, usually passive to become or cause to become accustomed
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Usage Note
See contraction.
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Other Words From
- wontless adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wont1
irst recorded in 1300–50; (adjective) Middle English wont, woned, Old English gewunod, past participle of gewunian “to be used to” ( won 2 ); cognate with German gewöhnt; (verb) Middle English, back formation from wonted or wont (past participle); (noun) apparently from conflation of wont (past participle) with obsolete wone “wish” in certain stereotyped phrases
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wont1
Old English gewunod, past participle of wunian to be accustomed to; related to Old High German wunēn (German wohnen ), Old Norse una to be satisfied; see wean 1, wish , winsome
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