Wont , v. t. To accustom; -- used reflexively.
Wont , v. i. [imp.
Wont, p. p. Wont, or Wonted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wonting.]
To be accustomed or habituated; to be used.
A yearly solemn feast she wont to make.
Spenser.
Wont , n. 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 (?), a. [For woned, p. p. of won,
wone, to dwell, AS. wunian; akin to D.
wonen, OS. wun&?;n,
OHG, won&?;n, 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.]
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.
Won't (?). A colloquial contraction of woll not. Will not. See
Will.
&fist; Often pronounced wŭnt in New England.
Hear it pronounced