wont
/wɔnt, woʊnt, wʌnt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation
[wawnt, wohnt, wuhnt] Show IPA Pronunciation
adjective, noun, verb, wont, wont or wont⋅ed, wont⋅ing. –adjective 1.accustomed; used (usually fol. by an infinitive): He was wont to rise at dawn. –noun 2.custom; habit; practice: It was her wont to walk three miles before breakfast. –verb (used with object) 3.to accustom (a person), as to a thing.4.to render (a thing) customary or usual (usually used passively).–verb (used without object) 5.Archaic. to be wont.
Origin:
1300–50; (adj.) ME wont, woned, OE gewunod, ptp. of gewunian to be used to (see
won 2 ); c. G gewöhnt; (v.) ME, back formation from
wonted or wont (ptp.); (n.) appar. from conflation of wont (ptp.) with obs. wone wish, in certain stereotyped phrases