Part 5055

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Habilitate</h1> <Xpage=661>

<hw>Ha*bil"i*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To fit out; to equip; to qualify; to entitle.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Habilitation</h1> <Xpage=661>

<hw>Ha*bil"i*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. habilitatio: cf. F. <ets>habilitation</ets>.]</ety> <def>Equipment; qualification.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Hability</h1> <Xpage=661>

<hw>Ha*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Ability</er>.]</ety> <def>Ability; aptitude. <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Robynson. (More's Utopia).</i>

<h1>Habit</h1> <Xpage=661>

<hw>Hab"it</hw> <tt>(#)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>habit</ets>, <ets>abit</ets> fr. <ets>habit</ets> fr. L. <ets>habitus</ets> state, appearance, dress, fr. <ets>habere</ets> to have, be in a condition; prob. akin to E. <ets>have.</ets> See <er>Have</er>, and cf. <er>Able</er>, <er>Binnacle</er>, <er>Debt</er>, <er>Due</er>, <er>Exhibit</er>, <er>Malady.</er>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; <as>as, a religious <ex>habit</ex>; his <ex>habit</ex> is morose; elms have a spreading <ex>habit</ex></as>; esp., physical temperament or constitution; <as>as, a full <ex>habit</ex> of body</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The general appearance and manner of life of a living organism.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>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>as, <ex>habit</ex> is second nature</as>; also, peculiar ways of acting; characteristic forms of behavior.</def>

<blockquote>A man of very shy, retired <b>habits</b>. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Outward appearance; attire; dress; hence, a garment; esp., a closely fitting garment or dress worn by ladies; <as>as, a riding <ex>habit</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>Costly thy <b>habit</b> as thy purse can buy. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>There are, among the states, several of Venus, in different <b>habits</b>. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Practice; mode; manner; way; custom; fashion.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Habit</er>, <er>Custom.</er> <i>Habit</i> is a disposition or tendency leading us to do easily, naturally, and with growing certainty, what we do often; <i>custom</i> is external, being habitual use or the frequent repetition of the same act. The two operate reciprocally on each other. The <i>custom</i> of giving produces a habit of liberality; <i>habits</i> of devotion promote the <i>custom</i> of going to church. <i>Custom</i> also supposes an act of the will, selecting given modes of procedure; <i>habit</i> is a law of our being, a kind of "second nature" which grows up within us.</usage>

<blockquote>How use doth breed a <b>habit</b> in a man ! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He who reigns . . . upheld by old repute, <blockquote>Consent, or <b>custom.</b> <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Hab"it</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<pos.imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Habited</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Habiting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>habiten</ets> to dwell, F. habiter, fr. L. <ets>habitare</ets> to have frequently, to dwell, intens. fr. habere to have. See <er>Habit</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To inhabit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>In thilke places as they [birds] habiten. <i>Rom. of R. </i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To dress; to clothe; to array.</def>

<blockquote>They <b>habited</b> themselves lite those rural deities. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To accustom; to habituate. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> Chapman.</def>

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