/
wəʊnt/
adj.
archaic or
literary accustomed:
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he was wont to arise at 5.30.
n.
(
one's wont)
formal or
humorous one's customary behaviour.
v.
(3rd sing. present wonts or wont; past and past part. wont or wonted)
archaic make or become accustomed.
Etymology
OE gewunod, past part. of wunian ‘dwell, be accustomed’, of Gmc origin.
