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Synonyms for wont

Grammar : Adj
Spell : wawnt, wohnt, wuhnt
Phonetic Transcription : wɔnt, woʊnt, wʌnt

Définition of wont

Origin :
  • "accustomed," Old English wunod, past participle of wunian "to dwell, be accustomed," from Proto-Germanic *wun- "to be content, to rejoice" (cf. Old Saxon wunon, Old Frisian wonia "to dwell, remain, be used to," Old High German wonen, German wohnen "to dwell;" related to Old English winnan, gewinnan "to win" (see win) and to wean. The noun meaning "habitual usage, custom" is attested from c.1300.
  • adj in the habit of
Example sentences :
  • Speak to me as is your wont—with the same kindliness and warmth—you know I am bound to you.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • I am a peaceful trader, and I am not wont to be so shouted at upon so small a matter.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Burke took refuge, as his wont was when too hard pressed, in a mighty bellow.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Indeed, on the morrow she seated herself at the work-frame and embroidered as she was wont to do.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • You told me that you and your father were wont to go out together in the morning.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • Duncan had been wont to say of him that Kellogg could talk the hind-leg off of a mule.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • They leaned upon her, as the world, her sick world, was wont to lean.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • They inquired for him at taverns; they sought him in farmhouses where he had been wont to lodge.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • It proved to be a little out of place, but otherwise he was as immaculate as was his wont.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • But Mirandy, pouring her batter into the pan, heeded him no more than was her wont.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

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