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Webster 1913 Edition


Habitude

Hab′i-tude

(hăb′ĭ-tūd)
,
Noun.
[F., fr. L.
habitudo
condition. See
Habit
.]
1.
Habitual attitude; usual or accustomed state with reference to something else; established or usual relations.
South.
The same ideas having immutably the same
habitudes
one to another.
Locke.
The verdict of the judges was biased by nothing else than their
habitudes
of thinking.
Landor.
2.
Habitual association, intercourse, or familiarity.
To write well, one must have frequent
habitudes
with the best company.
Dryden.
3.
Habit of body or of action.
Shak.
It is impossible to gain an exact
habitude
without an infinite number of acts and perpetual practice.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Habitude

HAB'ITUDE

,
Noun.
[L. habitudo, from habitus.]
1.
Relation; respect; state with regard to something else. [Little used.]
2.
Frequent intercourse; familiarity. [Not usual.]
To write well, one must have frequent habitudes with the best company.
3.
Customary manner or mode of life; repetition of the same acts; as the habitudes of fowls or insects.
4.
Custom; habit.