wont Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an established custom
    habit.
    • it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening

WordNet

Wont adjective
Etymology
For woned, p. p. of won, wone, to dwell, AS. wunian; akin to D. wonen, OS. wunn, OHG, wonn, G. wohnen, and AS. wund, gewuna, custom, habit; orig. probably, to take pleasure; cf. Icel. una to dwell, to enjoy, Goth. wunan to rejoice (in unwunands sad); and akin to Skr. van to like, to wish. . Cf. Wean, Win.
Definitions
  1. Using or doing customarily; accustomed; habituated; used. "As he was wont to go." Chaucer.
    If the ox were wont to push with his horn. Ex. xxi. 29.
Wont noun
Definitions
  1. Custom; habit; use; usage.
    They are . . . to be called out to their military motions, under sky or covert, according to the season, as was the Roman wont. Milton.
    From childly wont and ancient use. Cowper.
Wont intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect Wont, past participle Wont, or Wonted; present participle & verbal noun Wonting
Definitions
  1. To be accustomed or habituated; to be used.
    A yearly solemn feast she wont to make. Spenser.
Wont transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To accustom; -- used reflexively.

Webster 1913