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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wont \Wont\, v. i. [imp. {Wont}, p. p. {Wont}, or {Wonted}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Wonting}.]
     To be accustomed or habituated; to be used.
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           A yearly solemn feast she wont to make.  --Spenser.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wonted \Wont"ed\, a.
     Accustomed; customary; usual.
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           Again his wonted weapon proved.          --Spenser.
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           Like an old piece of furniture left alone in its wonted
           corner.                                  --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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           She was wonted to the place, and would not remove.
                                                    --L'Estrange.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wonted
       adj : commonly used or practiced; usual; "his accustomed
             thoroughness"; "took his customary morning walk"; "his
             habitual comment"; "with her wonted candor" [syn: {accustomed},
              {customary}, {habitual}, {wonted(a)}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  59 Moby Thesaurus words for "wonted":
     accepted, acclimated, acclimatized, accommodated, accustomed,
     adapted, adjusted, average, case-hardened, chronic, common,
     commonplace, conditioned, conformable, consuetudinary,
     conventional, current, customary, established, everyday,
     experienced, familiar, familiarized, generally accepted, habitual,
     hardened, household, inured, naturalized, normal, normative,
     obtaining, ordinary, orientated, oriented, popular, predominating,
     prescribed, prescriptive, prevailing, prevalent, received, regular,
     regulation, routine, run-in, seasoned, set, standard, stock,
     time-honored, traditional, trained, universal, used to, usual,
     vernacular, widespread, wont
  
  

















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