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wonting
ˈwonting, vbl. n. [f. wont v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb wont. a. The accustoming (of a person to something).1692 R. L'Estrange Fables Pref. A 2, The Wonting of us to the Use and Liking of these Levities, Leads..us to a Mis-understanding of Things. b. Custom, wont.1667 Cotton Scarron. iv. 78 æ...
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miswonting
† misˈwonting, vbl. n. Obs. [mis-1 3.] Disuse.1627 Bp. Hall Div. Medit. vii, These feeble beginnings..are soone extinguished by intermission, and by mis-wonting, perish.
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wonted
wonted, pa. pple. and ppl. a. (ˈwəʊntɪd; also (now chiefly U.S.) ˈwʌntɪd) [Either f. wont n. + -ed, or an extension of wont pa. pple., apprehended later as pa. pple. of wont v.] A. pa. pple. † 1. = wont pa. pple. 2. Obs.a 1413 Chaucer's Troylus v. 277 (Campsall MS.) And whiten gan the Orisonte shene...
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