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Habit

noun

An established custom. Synonym: wont.

(psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition. Synonym: use. "She had a habit twirling the ends of her hair" , "Long use had hardened him to it"

A distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order.

The general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal).

Attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider (especially a woman's attire). Synonym: riding habit.

Excessive use of drugs. Synonyms: drug abuse, substance abuse.

verb

(past & past part. habited; pres. part. habiting)

Put a habit on.

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"Habit" Quotes from Famous Books

... of July, 1584. It is difficult to imagine a more universal disaster than the one thus brought about by the hand of a single obscure fanatic. For nearly twenty years the character of the Prince had been expanding steadily as the difficulties of his situation increased. Habit, necessity, and the natural gifts of the man, had combined to invest him at last with an authority which seemed more than human. There was such general confidence in his sagacity, courage, and purity, that the nation had come to think with his brain ...

— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley

... whose soft agility and grace he now admired with less terror, to answer to the caressing name. Towards evening he had grown so familiar with his perilous position that he was half in love with its dangers, and his companion was so far tamed that she had caught the habit of turning to him when he called, in falsetto ...

— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 3 • Various

... people, and some indication of perspective in the position of the figures may occasionally be observed; but the attempt was imperfect, and, probably, to an Egyptian eye, unpleasing, for such is the force of habit, that even where nature is copied, a conventional style is sometimes preferred ...

— Museum of Antiquity - A Description of Ancient Life • L. W. Yaggy

... taught the village-school, Wedded a maid of homespun habit; He was as stubborn as a mule, She was ...

— Poems • George P. Morris

... Science of Being, but it does bring us into harmony with it. Goodness reaches the demonstration of Truth. A request that another may work for us never does our work. The habit of pleading with the divine Mind, as one pleads with a human being, perpetuates the belief in God as humanly circumscribed—an ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

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