wont

[ wawnt, wohnt, wuhnt ]
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adjective
  1. accustomed; used (usually followed by an infinitive): He was wont to rise at dawn.

noun
  1. custom; habit; practice: It was her wont to walk three miles before breakfast.

verb (used with object),wont, wont or wont·ed, wont·ing.
  1. to accustom (a person), as to a thing: That summer wonted me to a lifetime of early rising.

  2. to render (a thing) customary or usual (usually used passively).

verb (used without object),wont, wont or wont·ed, wont·ing.
  1. to be wont.

Origin of wont

1
irst recorded in 1300–50; (adjective) Middle English wont, woned, Old English gewunod, past participle of gewunian “to be used to” (see won2); cognate with German gewöhnt; (verb) Middle English, back formation from wonted or wont (past participle); (noun) apparently from conflation of wont (past participle) with obsolete wone “wish” in certain stereotyped phrases

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  • wontless, adjective

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Other definitions for won't (2 of 2)

won't
[ wohnt, wuhnt ]

  1. contraction of will not:He won't see you now.

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British Dictionary definitions for wont (1 of 2)

wont

/ (wəʊnt) /


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

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

verb
  1. (when tr, usually passive) to become or cause to become accustomed

Origin of wont

1
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 wean 1, wish, winsome

British Dictionary definitions for won't (2 of 2)

won't

/ (wəʊnt) /


contraction of
  1. will not

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