Definition of "wont" in Anglais

noun

1. (archaic or humorous) One's habitual way of doing things; custom, habit, practice.

   • He awoke at the crack of dawn, as was his wont.
   • With a simple-minded desire, and to rid my mind of this irrepressible urge, I retired to a corner of the room, as was my wont, but after a while I realized I couldn't jack off—proof well enough that I'd fallen in love again after twelve years!

adjective

1. Accustomed or used (to or with a thing), accustomed or apt (to do something).

   • He is wont to complain loudly about his job.
   • On ſome fond breaſt the parting ſoul relies, / Some pious drops the cloſing eye requires; / Ev'n from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, / Ev'n in our Aſhes live their wonted Fires.

verb

1. (transitive, archaic) To make (someone) used to; to accustom.

2. (intransitive, archaic) To be accustomed (to something), to be in the habit (of doing something).

   • What be the ſweet delights of learning a treaſure, / That wont with Comick ſock to beautify / The painted Theaters, and fill with pleaſure / The liſtners eyes, and eares with melodie; […]