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Habit — • Habit is an effect of repeated acts and an aptitude to reproduce them, and may be defined as a quality difficult to change, whereby an agent whose nature it is to work one way or another indeterminately, is disposed easily and readily at will… … Catholic encyclopedia
Habit — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Habit >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 habit habit habitude Sgm: N 1 assuetude| assuetude| assuefaction| wont Sgm: N 1 run run way GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 common state of things … English dictionary for students
habit — 1. (moral) This word (from the Latin habitus, meaning condition or appearance ) refers to a pattern of behavior that is acquired by repetition and becomes part of a person s life. Good habits lead to the practice of virtue, while bad habits … Glossary of theological terms
Riding habit — A riding habit is women s clothing for horseback riding.Since the mid 17th century, a formal habit for riding sidesaddle usually consisted of:* A tailored jacket with a long skirt (sometimes called a petticoat) to match * A tailored shirt or… … Wikipedia
bivalve — bivalvular /buy val vyeuh leuhr/, adj. /buy valv /, n. 1. Also called lamellibranch. Zool. any mollusk, as the oyster, clam, scallop, or mussel, of the class Bivalvia, having two shells hinged together, a soft body, and lamellate gills. adj. 2.… … Universalium
Habitual — Ha*bit ual (h[.a]*b[i^]t [ u]*al; 135), a. [Cf. F. habituel, LL. habitualis. See {Habit}, n.] 1. Formed or acquired by habit or use. [1913 Webster] An habitual knowledge of certain rules and maxims. South. [1913 Webster] 2. According to habit;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Habitually — Habitual Ha*bit ual (h[.a]*b[i^]t [ u]*al; 135), a. [Cf. F. habituel, LL. habitualis. See {Habit}, n.] 1. Formed or acquired by habit or use. [1913 Webster] An habitual knowledge of certain rules and maxims. South. [1913 Webster] 2. According to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Habitualness — Habitual Ha*bit ual (h[.a]*b[i^]t [ u]*al; 135), a. [Cf. F. habituel, LL. habitualis. See {Habit}, n.] 1. Formed or acquired by habit or use. [1913 Webster] An habitual knowledge of certain rules and maxims. South. [1913 Webster] 2. According to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
habitual — ha·bit·u·al /hə bi chə wəl/ adj 1: practicing or acting in some manner by force of custom, habit, or addiction a habitual drunkard 2: being such a specified number of times or with designated regularity habitual offenders 3: involved in the… … Law dictionary
on principle — idi a) according to rules for right and moral conduct b) according to habit or self imposed regulations … From formal English to slang
