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wont
1[ wawnt, wohnt, wuhnt ]
adjective
- accustomed; used (usually followed by an infinitive):
He was wont to rise at dawn.
Synonyms: wonted
Antonyms: unaccustomed
noun
- custom; habit; practice:
It was her wont to walk three miles before breakfast.
Synonyms: use
verb (used with object)
- to accustom (a person), as to a thing:
That summer wonted me to a lifetime of early rising.
- to render (a thing) customary or usual (usually used passively).
verb (used without object)
- to be wont.
won't
2[ wohnt, wuhnt ]
- contraction of will not:
He won't see you now.
wont
1/ wəʊnt /
adjective
- postpositive accustomed (to doing something)
he was wont to come early
noun
- 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
- when tr, usually passive to become or cause to become accustomed
won't
2/ wəʊnt /
contraction of
- will not
Usage Note
Other Words From
- wontless adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of wont1
Word History and Origins
Origin of wont1
Example Sentences
Forgive my candor, though such is my wont, but much like that moose on a spit, Bernie is dead.
The U.K. tabloids, as is their wont, have branded her “shameless,” “sordid,” and “the scourge of society.”
It has been, as contestants on TV talent shows are wont to say, a “journey.”
Allen responded with his own op-ed in the Times, and the media, as is their wont, proceeded to pick sides.
As celebrities on the movie promotion circuit are wont to do, Cameron Diaz is hawking her latest cause celebre.
In discussing Duns Scotus, I have given less from his writings than has been my wont with other philosophers.
Later on, I believe, a child is wont to have his favourite colour, and to be ready to defend it against the preferences of others.
He had been wont to do this on other occasions, because the enemy with nine ships was within sight of the fort.
In cases in which no attempt is made to ignore the accusation, the small wits are wont to be busy discovering exculpations.
Yet the feeling is in most children weak and vacillating, and is wont to be mixed with other and less noble ones.
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