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wont⋅ed

  [wawn-tid, wohn-, wuhn-]
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–adjective
1. accustomed; habituated; used.
2. customary, habitual, or usual: He took his wonted place in the library.
Origin:
1375–1425; wont (n.) + -ed 3 , or by extension (see -ed 2 ) of wont (ptp.; see wont (adj.))

Related forms:
wont⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
wont⋅ed⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. wont.
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wont

  [wawnt, wohnt, wuhnt] adjective, noun, verb, wont, wont or wont⋅ed, wont⋅ing.
–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.
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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.]
wont·ed   (wôn'tĭd, wōn'-, wŭn'-)   
adj.  Accustomed; usual: striding along with her wonted purposefulness.
wont'ed·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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