a. [ Cf. F. habituel, LL. habitualis. See Habit, n. ] 1. Formed or acquired by habit or use. [ 1913 Webster ]

An habitual knowledge of certain rules and maxims. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. According to habit; established by habit; customary; constant; as, the habitual practice of sin. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is the distinguishing mark of habitual piety to be grateful for the most common and ordinary blessings. Buckminster.

Syn. -- Customary; accustomed; usual; common; wonted; ordinary; regular; familiar.

-- Ha*bit"u*al*ly, adv. -- Ha*bit"u*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Habituated p. pr. & vb. n. Habituating ] [ L. habituatus, p. p. of habituare to bring into a condition or habit of body: cf. F. habituer. See Habit. ] 1. To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our English dogs, who were habituated to a colder clime. Sir K. Digby. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men are first corrupted . . . and next they habituate themselves to their vicious practices. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To settle as an inhabitant. [ Obs. ] Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Firmly established by custom; formed by habit; habitual. [ R. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. habituation. ] The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. habitudo condition. See Habit. ] 1. Habitual attitude; usual or accustomed state with reference to something else; established or usual relations. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

The same ideas having immutably the same habitudes one to another. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

The verdict of the judges was biased by nothing else than their habitudes of thinking. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Habitual association, intercourse, or familiarity. [ 1913 Webster ]

To write well, one must have frequent habitudes with the best company. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Habit of body or of action. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is impossible to gain an exact habitude without an infinite number of acts and perpetual practice. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., p. p. of habituer. See Habituate. ] One who habitually frequents a place; as, an habitué of a theater. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Habitude. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] (Zool.) Habitude; mode of life; general appearance. [ 1913 Webster ]