an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary: the habit of looking both ways before crossing the street.
customary practice or use: Daily bathing is an American habit.
a particular practice, custom, or usage: the habit of shaking hands.
a dominant or regular disposition or tendency; prevailing character or quality: She has a habit of looking at the bright side of things.
Often the habit . addiction, especially to narcotics.
mental character or disposition: a habit of mind.
characteristic bodily or physical condition.
the characteristic form, aspect, mode of growth, etc., of an organism: a twining habit.
the characteristic crystalline form of a mineral.
garb of a particular rank, profession, religious order, etc.: a monk's habit.
the attire worn by a rider of a saddle horse.
verb (used with object)
to clothe; array.
Origin of habit
1
First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English, from Latin habitus “state, style, practice,” equivalent tohabi- (variant stem of habēre “to have”) + -tus verbal noun suffix; replacing Middle English abit, from Old French
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British Dictionary definitions for habit
habit
/ (ˈhæbɪt) /
noun
a tendency or disposition to act in a particular way
established custom, usual practice, etc
psychola learned behavioural response that has become associated with a particular situation, esp one frequently repeated
mental disposition or attitudea good working habit of mind
a practice or substance to which a person is addicteddrink has become a habit with him
the state of being dependent on something, esp a drug
botanyzoologythe method of growth, type of existence, behaviour, or general appearance of a plant or animala climbing habit; a burrowing habit
the customary apparel of a particular occupation, rank, etc, now esp the costume of a nun or monk
Also called: riding habita woman's riding dress
crystallog short for crystal habit
verb(tr)
to clothe
an archaic word for inhabit, habituate
Word Origin for habit
C13: from Latin habitus custom, from habēre to have