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单词 wonted
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wontedadj.

Brit. /ˈwəʊntᵻd/, /ˈwɒntᵻd/, U.S. /ˈwɔntəd/, /ˈwɑntəd/, /ˈwoʊntəd/
Etymology: Either < wont n.1 + -ed suffix2, or an extension of wont adj., apprehended later as past participle of wont v.
I. As past participle.
1. = wont adj. 2. Obsolete.
Π
a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) v. 277 And whiten gan the Orisonte shene Al Estward as it wonted is to done [v.rr. Al Esturwarde as it wonte is to done; Al est~ward as it was wone to done].
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1904) I. l. 6779 Lo, Sire, merlyne Js comen to ȝow here, That ȝe Weren Wonted to loven so Wel.
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos v. sig. N.ijv Syr Erix wonted was to giue combat.
1566 Acts Privy Council Ireland (Hist. MSS. Comm.) 152 Omagher to contribute to Occarrall, as hath been wonted, the thirde parte of the said bonnaght.
1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries i. 15 A great Image..which was wonted to be set vp.
1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xxxii. 109 Being enticed with the sweeteness of the prey as men wonted to liue together vpon the spoile.
1612 R. Sheldon 1st Serm. after Conversion 15 O theefe, wonted with violence to violate men.
2.
a. = wont adj. 1. Now U.S.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > accustomed, used, or wont
wontc888
haunteda1325
accustomed1429
consuetec1503
acquainted1572
frequent1575
occasioned1576
fain1596
wontlike1601
habited1605
habituate1606
wonted1611
practised1656
1611 C. Hampton Serm. Glasco 2 He prouided..a tent, whereunto it had beene wonted.
1614 J. Sylvester Parl. Vertues Royall 1305 The Angell, wonted to Heav'n's Blisse-full Hall, Made little stay in this unholesome Stall.
1637 Earl of Monmouth tr. V. Malvezzi Romulus & Tarquin 295 The Romanes were..accustomed to war, wonted to victory.
1692 R. L'Estrange Fables i. clxv. 138 She was wonted to the Place, she said, and would not Remove.
1847 R. W. Emerson Shakespeare in Wks. (1906) I. 364 Dramatic materials to which the people were already wonted.
1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables v. 87 Hepzibah had fully satisfied herself of the impossibility of ever becoming wonted to this..obstreperous little bell.
1878 Scribner's Monthly 16 56/2 Afterward we grew wonted to their beauty.
1893 Harper's Mag. May 855/1 He became wonted to his new station.
b. absol. Made familiar with one's environment. Now U.S.
ΚΠ
1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. lxxvi. 159 Others vse to leade the horse to a..sheepe-pen, where great store of sheepe are wonted.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 126 The Noutheard hath for every beast jd., which is called a wontinge penny. Hee..keepeth them..till they bee wonted and hanted togeather.
1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows I. 14 I had crows... They grew so wonted as..to tolerate my near approach.
1874 J. R. Lowell Lett. II. 138 I long to get back, and yet am just beginning to get wonted (as they say of babies and new cows) over here.
II. attributive.
3. Accustomed, customary, usual. Now archaic or U.S.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > usual or customary
wonesomec1200
wonec1275
customable1381
customeda1382
useda1382
wonta1382
wonted1408
accustomed1429
vulgarc1430
usualc1444
famosec1449
customalc1450
accustomablec1475
accustomatea1513
frequent1531
accustomary1541
customary1574
frequented1586
consuetudinary1590
ordinary1605
consuetudinal1656
habitual1689
solent1694
regulation1803
usitate1885
1408 in Hakl. Voy. (1599) I. 177 According to their woonted maner.
1553 R. Ascham Rep. Affaires Germany A iij Letters..full of your wonted good will towardes me.
1574 in Hist. Fam. Fortescue (1869) II. 234 Savage did send into the grounds, with the hounds, but the wonted boy, with 2 keepers.
1576 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 384 The wonted streame..ys..taken awaye.
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia v. 199 It being growne past the wonted season of the comming in of ships.
1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 446 Out of the wood he starts in wonted shape. View more context for this quotation
1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §3, in Wks. (1871) I. 138 The wonted indulgent methods of Providence.
c1751 T. Gray Elegy xxiii, in Poems (1768) 117 Ev'n in our Ashes live their wonted Fires.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward III. iii. 48 The King..in a thread-bare cloak, with his wonted old high-crowned hat stuck full of images.
1848 J. R. Lowell Fable for Critics (ed. 2) lii Archæologians..Have tried to make out, with a zeal more than wonted, 'T was a kind of wild swine that our ancestors hunted.
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xcix. 153 As year by year the labourer tills His wonted glebe. View more context for this quotation
1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) xii. §539. 299 Which obstructions may prevent the winds from taking up..their wonted supplies of moisture.
absolute.1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. v. i. 288 The Wonted tumbles down; by imitation, by invention, the Unwonted hastily builds itself up.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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