habitude

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

HAB'ITUDE, noun [Latin 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.
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