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, v. t. To accustom; -- used
reflexively.
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.