Wont

a.	1.	Using or doing customarily; accustomed; habituated; used. If the ox were wont to push with his horn. - Ex. xxi. 29.
n.	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.
v. i.	1.	To be accustomed or habituated; to be used. [imp. Wont, p. p. Wont, or Wonted; p. pr. & vb. n. Wonting.] A yearly solemn feast she wont to make. - Spenser.
v. t.	1.	To accustom; - used reflexively.

Noun	1.	wont - an established custom; "it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening" Synonyms: habit
	2.	wont - a pattern of behavior acquired through frequent repetition; "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"; "long use had hardened him to it" Synonyms: habit, use

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