wont

[wawnt, wohnt, wuhnt] adjective, noun, verb, wont, wont or wont·ed, wont·ing.
adjective
1.
accustomed; used (usually followed 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.
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to spend time idly; loaf.
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.) Middle English wont, woned, Old English gewunod, past participle of gewunian to be used to (see won2); cognate with German gewöhnt; (v.) 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

wont·less, adjective

1. want, wont ; 2. won't, wont.


1. habituated, wonted. 2. use.


1. unaccustomed.
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won't

[wohnt, wuhnt]
contraction of will not: He won't see you now.
won't, wont.


See contraction.
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wont (wəʊnt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  (postpositive) accustomed (to doing something): he was wont to come early
 
n
2.  a manner or action habitually employed by or associated with someone (often in the phrases as is my wont, as is his wont, etc)
 
vb
3.  (when tr, usually passive) to become or cause to become accustomed
 
[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 wean1, wish, winsome]

won't (wəʊnt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
contraction of
will not

won't (wəʊnt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
contraction of
will not

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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.

won't
contraction of will not, first recorded mid-15c. as wynnot, later wonnot (1584) before the modern form emerged 1667. See will.
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Example sentences
People wont have their health or beautiful land, and their aquifers will be
  needlessly poisoned.
If its too cold he wont go outside but in the laundry room.
Naturally, if there are no birch trees nearby to provide seed, you wont see
  birches arriving.
It wont reduce costs of building a re-usable vehicles.
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