单词 | wonted |
释义 | wontedadj. I. As past participle. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1408 |
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