Expressing habitual or characteristic action: has the habit or characteristic of ——ing, has a way of ——ing; is accustomed to ——ing; habitually…

intransitive. To be accustomed or used to do something. Obsolete. to be wont: see wont, adj. 2a(a).

To be wont or accustomed. Obsolete.

intransitive. With infinitive. To be or grow accustomed to something; to be in the habit of doing something; = accustom, v. 1c. Obsolete. rare.

Chiefly with to or infinitive. intransitive. To be in the habit of doing something; to be used to something. Now rare.

In uses not referring to past actions. Now Caribbean (chiefly in Trinidad and Tobago). In affirmative contexts with do-construction. Obsolete.

intransitive. To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit of (doing that which is expressed by the infinitive). Chiefly in past tense = used (use, v.…

transitive. To be wont or accustomed (to do). Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.).

With the subject of want as implied object of the action: to need, be required (to undergo something). With passive infinitive as object, as it wants…

transitive. To follow, practise, or keep to (a mode of existence or conduct, a habit); to maintain or uphold (a quality, state, or condition, now…