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habituate
English
Etymology
From Middle English habituate (“physically established or present”, adjective), from Latin habitu?tus, past participle of habitu?re (“to bring into a condition or habit of body”).
Verb
habituate (third-person singular simple present habituates, present participle habituating, simple past and past participle habituated)
- To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.
- 1644, Kenelm Digby, Two Treatises, Paris, “The First Treatise declaring the nature and operations of bodies,” Chapter 36, p. 311,[1]
- […] it was the custome of our English doggs (who were habituated vnto a colder clyme) to runne into the sea in the heate of summer […]
- 1694, John Tillotson, Sermon 2, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, London: B. Aylmer, 1696, p. 35,[2]
- Men are usually first corrupted by bad counsel and company […] ; next they habituate themselves to their vicious practices […]
- 1799, Hannah More, Strictures of the Modern System of Female Education, London: T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, Volume 1, “On the Prevailing System of Education, Manners, and Habits of Women of Rank and Fortune,” p. 185,[3]
- It seems so very important to ground young persons in the belief that they will not inevitably meet in this world with reward and success according to their merit, but to habituate them to expect even the most virtuous attempts to be often, though not always disappointed, that I am in danger of tautology on this point.
- 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter 7,[4]
- My first quarter at Lowood seemed an age; and not the golden age either; it comprised an irksome struggle with difficulties in habituating myself to new rules and unwonted tasks.
- 1998, Nadine Gordimer, The House Gun, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, p. 50,[5]
- […] quarrels in discotheques were settled by the final curse-word of guns. State violence under the old, past regime had habituated its victims to it. People had forgotten there was any other way.
- 1644, Kenelm Digby, Two Treatises, Paris, “The First Treatise declaring the nature and operations of bodies,” Chapter 36, p. 311,[1]
- (obsolete) To settle as an inhabitant.
- 1690, William Temple, “Of Poetry” in Miscellanea. The Second Part in Four Essays, London: Ri. and Ra. Simpson, p. 312,[6]
- After the Conquests made by Caesar upon Gaul, and the nearer Parts of Germany […] great Numbers of Germans and Gauls resorted to the Roman Armies and to the City it self, and habituated themselves there, as many Spaniards, Syrians, Graecians had done before upon the Conquest of those Countries.
- 1690, William Temple, “Of Poetry” in Miscellanea. The Second Part in Four Essays, London: Ri. and Ra. Simpson, p. 312,[6]
Synonyms
- accustom
- inure
Related terms
- habit
- habitual
- habituation
Translations
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habit
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hæb?t/
- (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /?hæb?t/
- Rhymes: -æb?t
Etymology 1
From Middle English habit, from Latin habitus (“condition, bearing, state, appearance, dress, attire”), from habe? (“I have, hold, keep”). Replaced Middle English abit, from Old French abit, itself from the same Latin source. Displaced native Old English þ?aw.
Noun
habit (countable and uncountable, plural habits)
- An action performed on a regular basis.
- Synonym: wont
- a man of very shy, retired habits
- An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.
- A long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns.
- A piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity.
- (archaic) Outward appearance; attire; dress.
- There are, among the statues, several of Venus, in different habits.
- (botany, mineralogy) Form of growth or general appearance of a variety or species of plant or crystal.
- An addiction.
Related terms
- exhibit
- habitual
- habituate
- habitus
- inhibit
- prohibit
Derived terms
- eating habit
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English habiten, from Old French habiter, from Latin habit?re, present active infinitive of habit? (“I dwell, abide, keep”), frequentative of habe? (“I have, hold, keep”); see have.
Verb
habit (third-person singular simple present habits, present participle habiting, simple past and past participle habited)
- (transitive) To clothe.
- (transitive, archaic) To inhabit.
Related terms
- habitat
- habitation
Translations
Further reading
- habit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- habit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Ba'thi
Albanian
Etymology
According to Orel, borrowed from a South Slavic language and ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *xabiti (“to spoil, to waste”). Compare Old Church Slavonic ?????? (xabiti), Serbo-Croatian habiti (“damage, destroy”), and Bulgarian ???? (habja, “destroy, spend; blunt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ha?bit/
Verb
habit (first-person singular past tense habita, participle habitur)
- I surprise
- I astonish
- (Gheg; northern Albania and Kosovo) I distract, confuse
Derived terms
- habi
- habitshëm
- habitur
- habitje
- habitore
References
French
Etymology
From Old French habit, abit, borrowed from Latin habitus.
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /a.bi/
Noun
habit m (plural habits)
- article of clothing, garment, dress-coat, evening dress, tails, full dress
Derived terms
- l'habit ne fait pas le moine
Related terms
- habiller
- habillement
Descendants
- ? German: Habit
Further reading
- “habit” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Noun
habit m (oblique plural habiz or habitz, nominative singular habiz or habitz, nominative plural habit)
- Alternative form of abit
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?xa.b?it/
Noun
habit m inan
- habit (clothing worn by monks and nuns)
Declension
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