English Dictionary: habitude | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Habitude \Hab"i*tude\, n. [F., fr. L. habitudo condition. See {Habit}.] 1. Habitual attitude; usual or accustomed state with reference to something else; established or usual relations. --South. The same ideas having immutably the same habitudes one to another. --Locke. The verdict of the judges was biased by nothing else than [?]heir habitudes of thinking. --Landor. 2. Habitual association, intercourse, or familiarity. To write well, one must have frequent habitudes with the best company. --Dryden. 3. Habit of body or of action. --Shak. It is impossible to gain an exact habitude without an infinite [?]umber of acts and perpetual practice. --Dryden. |