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Webster 1913 Edition
Custom
Cus′tom
(kŭs′tŭm)
, Noun.
[OF.
custume
, costume
, Anglo-Norman coustome
, F. coutume
, fr. (assumed) LL. consuetumen
custom, habit, fr. L. consuetudo
, -dinis
, fr. consuescere
to accustom, verb inchoative fr. consuere
to be accustomed; con-
+ suere
to be accustomed, prob. originally, to make one’s own, fr. the root of suus
one's own; akin to E. so
, adv. Cf. Consuetude
, Costume
.] 1.
Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.
And teach
customs
which are not lawful. Acts xvi. 21.
Moved beyond his
custom
, Gama said. Tennyson.
A
More honored in the breach than the observance.
custom
More honored in the breach than the observance.
Shakespeare
2.
Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.
Let him have your
custom
, but not your votes. Addison.
3.
(Law)
Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See
Usage
, and Prescription
. ☞ Usage is a fact. Custom is a law. There can be no custom without usage, though there may be usage without custom.
Wharton.
1.
To make familiar; to accustom.
[Obs.]
Gray.
2.
To supply with customers.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
Cus′tom
,Verb.
I.
To have a custom.
[Obs.]
On a bridge he
custometh
to fight. Spenser.
1.
The customary toll, tax, or tribute.
Render, therefore, to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due;
custom
to whom custom
. Rom. xiii. 7.
2.
pl.
Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities, imported or exported.
Cus′tom
,Verb.
T.
To pay the customs of.
[Obs.]
Marlowe.
Webster 1828 Edition
Custom
CUSTOM
,Noun.
1.
Frequent or common use, or practice; a frequent repetition o the same act; hence, way; established manner; habitual practice.The prists custom with the people was--- 1 Samuel 2.
We have no such custom. 1 Corinthians 11.
The customs of the people are vain. Jeremiah 10.
2.
A buying of goods; practice of frequenting a shop and purchasing or procuring to be done.Let him have your custom, but not your votes.
The shopkeeper has extensive custom, or a good run of custom. A mill or a manufacturer has extensive custom, or little custom.
3.
In law, long established practice, or usage, which constitutes the unwritten law, and long consent to which gives it authority. Customs are general, which extend over a state or kingdom, and particular, which are limited to a city or district.CUSTOM
, v.t1.
To make familiar. [See Accustom, which is the word used.]2.
To give custom to.CUSTOM
,Noun.
Render custom to whom custom is due. Romans 13.
Customs, in the plural, the duties imposed by law on merchandize imported or exported. IN Great Britain and the United States, this word is limited to these species of duties.