wont

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wont

accustomed to; apt or likely: He is wont to make mistakes when he hurries.

Not to be confused with:

want – to desire greatly; need; lack: I really want a new car.

won't – will not: I won’t be able to go with you.

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.

Customary practice; usage. See Synonyms at habit.

v. wont or wont·ed, wont·ing, wonts Archaic

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.]

Usage Note: The most traditionally correct pronunciations of wont are (wōnt), the common pronunciation in Britain, sounding like the contraction won't, and (wŭnt), the historic American pronunciation, rhyming with hunt. However, the most common form of wont in contemporary American speech is probably (wônt), which to most people's ears sounds similar to (or even identical with) the word want. This (wônt) pronunciation may in fact be motivated by a confusion of the meanings of wont and want, both of which have to do with personal inclination. In any case, all three of these pronunciations are acceptable, though the historic (wŭnt) pronunciation may strike some listeners as odd or affected.

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wont

(wəʊnt)

adj

(postpositive) accustomed (to doing something): he was wont to come early.

a manner or action habitually employed by or associated with someone (often in the phrases as is my wont, as is his wont, etc)

(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]

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wont

(wɔnt, woʊnt, wʌnt)

adj., n., v. wont, wont wont•ed, wont•ing. adj.

1. accustomed; used (usu. fol. by an infinitive): She is wont to rise at dawn.

2. custom; habit; practice: It was his wont to meditate daily.

v.t.

3. to accustom (a person), as to a thing.

4. to render (a thing) customary or usual (usu. used passively).

v.i.

5. to be wont.

[1300–50; (adj.) Middle English; Old English gewunod, past participle of gewunian to be used to (see won²); (n.) appar. b. wont (past participle) and obsolete wone custom (Old English gewuna)]

won't

(woʊnt)

contraction of will not.

wont

Past participle: wonted
Gerund: wonting

Imperative
wont
wont

Present
I wont
you wont
he/she/it wonts
we wont
you wont
they wont

Preterite
I wonted
you wonted
he/she/it wonted
we wonted
you wonted
they wonted

Present Continuous
I am wonting
you are wonting
he/she/it is wonting
we are wonting
you are wonting
they are wonting

Present Perfect
I have wonted
you have wonted
he/she/it has wonted
we have wonted
you have wonted
they have wonted

Past Continuous
I was wonting
you were wonting
he/she/it was wonting
we were wonting
you were wonting
they were wonting

Past Perfect
I had wonted
you had wonted
he/she/it had wonted
we had wonted
you had wonted
they had wonted

Future
I will wont
you will wont
he/she/it will wont
we will wont
you will wont
they will wont

Future Perfect
I will have wonted
you will have wonted
he/she/it will have wonted
we will have wonted
you will have wonted
they will have wonted

Future Continuous
I will be wonting
you will be wonting
he/she/it will be wonting
we will be wonting
you will be wonting
they will be wonting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been wonting
you have been wonting
he/she/it has been wonting
we have been wonting
you have been wonting
they have been wonting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been wonting
you will have been wonting
he/she/it will have been wonting
we will have been wonting
you will have been wonting
they will have been wonting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been wonting
you had been wonting
he/she/it had been wonting
we had been wonting
you had been wonting
they had been wonting

Conditional
I would wont
you would wont
he/she/it would wont
we would wont
you would wont
they would wont

Past Conditional
I would have wonted
you would have wonted
he/she/it would have wonted
we would have wonted
you would have wonted
they would have wonted

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Noun

wont - an established custom; "it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening"

habit

custom, tradition - a specific practice of long standing

wont

adjective

1. accustomed, used, given, in the habit of Both have made mistakes, as human beings are wont to do.

noun

1. habit, use, way, rule, practice, custom Keith woke early, as was his wont.

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wont

adjective

In the habit:

accustomed, habituated, used.

noun

A habitual way of behaving:

consuetude, custom, habit, habitude, manner, practice, praxis, usage, usance, use, way.

verb

To make familiar through constant practice or use:

accustom, condition, habituate, inure.

Translations

vane

Gewohnheit gewohnt

costumbre hábito

tapatapana

habitude habitué coutume

abitudine abituato

gewend gewoon gewoonte

obicei

wont

[wəʊnt] (frm)

A. ADJ to be wont to do sth → soler hacer algo, acostumbrar a hacer algo
as he was wont (to) → como solía (hacer) or acostumbraba a hacer

B. N → costumbre f
as was my wont → como era mi costumbre, como solía hacer or acostumbraba a hacer
it is his wont to read after dinner → tiene por costumbre leer después de cenar, suele leer or acostumbra a leer después de cenar

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wont

[ˈwəʊnt] n
as is one's wont → comme de coutume
Paul woke early, as is his wont → Paul s'éveilla tôt, comme de coutume.

wont

adj → gewohnt; to be wont to do something → gewöhnlich etw tun, etw zu tun pflegen

n → (An)gewohnheit f; as is/was his wont → wie er zu tun pflegt/pflegte

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wont

[wəʊnt] n as is his/her wont → com'è solito/a fare

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It is true we love life; not because we are wont to live, but because we are wont to love.

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On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greece, And the grandeur that was Rome.

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A NIGHTINGALE, sitting aloft upon an oak and singing according to his wont, was seen by a Hawk who, being in need of food, swooped down and seized him.

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Ere now it has been related how Ahab was wont to pace his quarter-deck, taking regular turns at either limit, the binnacle and mainmast; but in the multiplicity of other things requiring narration it has not been added how that sometimes in these walks, when most plunged in his mood, he was wont to pause in turn at each spot, and stand there strangely eyeing the particular object before him.

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I knew one, was wont to say in scorn, He must needs be a wise man, he speaks so much of himself: and there is but one case, wherein a man may commend himself with good grace; and that is in commending virtue in another; especially if it be such a virtue, whereunto himself pretendeth.

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She found herself taking pride in Rebecca's improved appearance, her rounder throat and cheeks, and her better color; she was wont to mention the length of Rebecca's hair and add a word as to its remarkable evenness and lustre, at times when Mrs.

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I am not wont to be baffled in my enterprises, nor needs a Norman noble scrupulously to vindicate his conduct to the Saxon maiden whom be distinguishes by the offer of his hand.

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They reach the chapel vast and dim, and there, before the great altar with its gleaming lights, the Abbot in his robes chants the services, but where the voices of choir and people were wont to join, there sounds only the clear high voice of one little boy.

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This habit of abstention from Feeling in the best society enables a Circle the more easily to sustain the veil of mystery in which, from his earliest years, he is wont to enwrap the exact nature of his Perimeter or Circumference.

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He sat down quietly to breakfast in his cabin, never once thinking of inspecting the town, being one of those Englishmen who are wont to see foreign countries through the eyes of their domestics.

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And if this be rightly considered, he will be seen to have been much more merciful than the Florentine people, who, to avoid a reputation for cruelty, permitted Pistoia to be destroyed.[*] Therefore a prince, so long as he keeps his subjects united and loyal, ought not to mind the reproach of cruelty; because with a few examples he will be more merciful than those who, through too much mercy, allow disorders to arise, from which follow murders or robberies; for these are wont to injure the whole people, whilst those executions which originate with a prince offend the individual only.

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But it was not because he was particularly proud this morning, as is the wont of bridegrooms, for his happiness was of a kind that had little reference to men's opinion of it.