Dictionary
hab•it
Pronunciation: (hab'it), [key]—
n.
1. an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary:
the habit of looking both ways before crossing the street.
2. customary practice or use:
Daily bathing is an American habit.
3. a particular practice, custom, or usage:
the habit of shaking hands.
4. a dominant or regular disposition or tendency; prevailing character or quality:
She has a habit of looking at the bright side of things.
5. addiction, esp. to narcotics (often prec. by
the).
6. mental character or disposition:
a habit of mind.
7. characteristic bodily or physical condition.
8. the characteristic form, aspect, mode of growth, etc., of an organism:
a twining habit.
9. the characteristic crystalline form of a mineral.
10. garb of a particular rank, profession, religious order, etc.:
a monk's habit.
11. the attire worn by a rider of a saddle horse.
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v.t.
to clothe; array.
hab•it
Pronunciation: (hab'it), [key]—
v.t.
Archaic.to dwell in.
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v.i.
Obs.to dwell.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
