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.]

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