wont
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See also won’t
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- enPR: wŏnt or wōnt, IPA: /wɒnt/ or /wəʊnt/, SAMPA: /wQnt/ or /w@Unt/
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- Rhymes: -əʊnt
[edit] Etymology 1
Origin uncertain: apparently a conflation of wone and wont (participle adjective, below).
[edit] Noun
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wont (uncountable)
[edit] Translations
habitual way of doing things
[edit] Etymology 2
Old English ġewunod, past participle of ġewunian.
[edit] Adjective
wont (not comparable)
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- (obsolete) Accustomed or used (to or with a thing).
- (designating habitual behaviour) Accustomed, apt (to doing something).
- He is wont to complain loudly about his job.
[edit] Translations
accustomed, apt
[edit] Verb
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to wont (third-person singular simple present wonts, present participle wonting, simple past and past participle wonted)
- (transitive, archaic) To make (someone) used to; to accustom.
- (intransitive, archaic) To be accustomed.