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The general appearance and manner of life of a living organism. 3. Fixed or established custom; ordinary course of conduct; practice; usage; hence, prominently, the involuntary tendency or aptitude to perform certain actions which is acquired by

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The general appearance and manner of life of a living organism. 3. Fixed or established custom; ordinary course of conduct; practice; usage; hence, prominently, the involuntary tendency or aptitude to perform certain actions which is acquired by their frequent repetition; as, habit is second nature; also, peculiar ways of acting; characteristic forms of behavior. A man of very shy, retired habits. W. Irving. 4. Outward appearance; attire; dress; hence, a garment; esp., a closely fitting garment or dress worn by ladies; as, a riding habit. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy. Shak. There are, among the states, several of Venus, in different habits. Addison. Syn. -- Practice; mode; manner; way; custom; fashion. -- Habit, Custom. Habit is a disposition or tendency leading us to do easily, naturally, and with growing certainty, what we do often; custom is external, being habitual use or the frequent repetition of the same act. The two operate reciprocally on each other. The custom of giving produces a habit of liberality; habits of devotion promote the custom of going to church. Custom also supposes an act of the will, selecting given modes of procedure; habit is a law of our being, a kind of "second nature" which grows up within us. How use doth breed a habit in a man ! Shak. He who reigns . . . upheld by old repute, Consent, or custom. Milton. (more info) appearance, dress, fr. habere to have, be in a condition; prob. akin to E. have. See Have, and cf. Able, Binnacle, Debt, Due, Exhibit, 1. The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a religious habit; his habit is morose; elms have a spreading habit; esp., physical temperament or constitution; as, a full habit of body.

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  • CHARACTERISTIC
    Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive. Characteristic clearness of temper. Macaulay.
  • STATESMANLIKE
    Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
  • IMPLY
    1. To infold or involve; to wrap up. "His head in curls implied." Chapman. 2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting. Where a mulicious act is
  • CONTRADICTABLE
    Capable of being contradicting.
  • STATEHOOD
    The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.
  • CHARACTER
    1. A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol. It were much to be wished that there were throughout the world but one sort of character for each letter to express it to the eye. Holder. 2. Style of writing or printing; handwriting;
  • HABITURE
    Habitude.
  • TEMPER SCREW
    1. A screw link, to which is attached the rope of a rope-drilling apparatus, for feeding and slightly turning the drill jar at each stroke. 2. A set screw used for adjusting.
  • UNIFORMISM
    The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also used, more broadly, as opposed to catastrophism.
  • RETRACTOR
    One who, or that which, retracts. Specifically: In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
  • CONTRADICTIVE
    Contradictory; inconsistent. -- Con`tra*dict"ive*ly, adv..
  • SUPPRESSOR
    One who suppresses.
  • STYLET
    A small poniard; a stiletto. An instrument for examining wounds and fistulas, and for passing setons, and the like; a probe, -- called also specillum. A stiff wire, inserted in catheters or other tubular instruments to maintain their shape
  • CONSTITUTIONALIST
    One who advocates a constitutional form of government; a constitutionalist.
  • FASHION-MONGERING
    Behaving like a fashion-monger. Shak.
  • FASHIONED
    Having a certain style or fashion; as old-fashioned; new- fashioned.
  • FASHION-MONGER
    One who studies the fashions; a fop; a dandy. Marston.
  • HABITED
    1. Clothed; arrayed; dressed; as, he was habited like a shepherd. 2. Fixed by habit; accustomed. So habited he was in sobriety. Fuller. 3. Inhabited. Another world, which is habited by the ghosts of men and women. Addison.
  • UNIFORMAL
    Uniform. Herrick.
  • REPRESSIBLE
    Capable of being repressed.
  • UNDRESS
    To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound. (more info) 1. To divest of clothes; to strip. 2. To divest of ornaments to disrobe.
  • CREBRICOSTATE
    Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.
  • SAILCLOTH
    Duck or canvas used in making sails.
  • INHABITATE
    To inhabit.
  • SAGEBRUSH STATE
    Nevada; -- a nickname.
  • DEMANDRESS
    A woman who demands.
  • UNFRAME
    To take apart, or destroy the frame of. Dryden.
  • OLD LINE STATE
    Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary in Mason and Dixon's line.
  • ARAEOSTYLE
    See INTERCOLUMNIATION
  • ENSTATE
    See INSTATE
  • CYCLOSTYLE
    A contrivance for producing manifold copies of writing or drawing. The writing or drawing is done with a style carrying a small wheel at the end which makes minute punctures in the paper, thus converting it into a stencil. Copies are transferred
  • UNATTIRE
    To divest of attire; to undress.
  • DISTEMPERATE
    1. Immoderate. Sir W. Raleigh. 2. Diseased; disordered. Wodroephe.
  • ACCUSTOMARILY
    Customarily.
  • BEDCLOTHES
    Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.

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