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Webster 1913 Edition

Wont

Wont

,
Adj.
[For
woned
, p. p. of
won
,
wone
, to dwell, AS.
wunian
; akin to D.
wonen
, OS.
wun[GREEK]n
, OHG,
won[GREEK]n
, G.
wohnen
, and AS.
wund
, ge
wuna
, custom, habit; orig. probably, to take pleasure; cf. Icel.
una
to dwell, to enjoy, Goth.
wunan
to rejoice (in un
wunands
sad); and akin to Skr.
van
to like, to wish. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK]. Cf.
Wean
,
Win
.]
Using or doing customarily; accustomed; habituated; used.
“As he was wont to go.”
Chaucer.
If the ox were
wont
to push with his horn.
Ex. xxi. 29.

Wont

,
Noun.
Custom; habit; use; usage.
They are . . . to be called out to their military motions, under sky or covert, according to the season, as was the Roman
wont
.
Milton.
From childly
wont
and ancient use.
Cowper.

Wont

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp.
Wont
,
p. p.
Wont
, or
Wonted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Wonting
.]
To be accustomed or habituated; to be used.
A yearly solemn feast she
wont
to make.
Spenser.

Wont

,
Verb.
T.
To accustom; – used reflexively.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wont

WONT

, a contraction of woll not, that is, will not.

WONT

,
Adj.
[wont is strictly the participle passive of won, wone. G. See the Verb.] Accustomed; habituated; using or doing customarily.
If the ox were wont to push with his horn-- Exodus 21.
They were wont to speak in old time, saying-- 2 Samuel 20. Matthew 27. Luke 22:39.

WONT

,
Noun.
Custom; habit; use.

WONT

,
Verb.
I.
To be accustomed or habituated; to be used.
A yearly solemn feast she wont to make.
Wherewith he wont to soar s high.

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