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  • Habit — • Habit is an effect of repeated acts and an aptitude to reproduce them, and may be defined as a quality difficult to change, whereby an agent whose nature it is to work one way or another indeterminately, is disposed easily and readily at will… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Habit — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Habit >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 habit habit habitude Sgm: N 1 assuetude| assuetude| assuefaction| wont Sgm: N 1 run run way GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 common state of things …   English dictionary for students

  • habit —    1. (moral)    This word (from the Latin habitus, meaning condition or appearance ) refers to a pattern of behavior that is acquired by repetition and becomes part of a person s life. Good habits lead to the practice of virtue, while bad habits …   Glossary of theological terms

  • Riding habit — A riding habit is women s clothing for horseback riding.Since the mid 17th century, a formal habit for riding sidesaddle usually consisted of:* A tailored jacket with a long skirt (sometimes called a petticoat) to match * A tailored shirt or… …   Wikipedia

  • bivalve — bivalvular /buy val vyeuh leuhr/, adj. /buy valv /, n. 1. Also called lamellibranch. Zool. any mollusk, as the oyster, clam, scallop, or mussel, of the class Bivalvia, having two shells hinged together, a soft body, and lamellate gills. adj. 2.… …   Universalium

  • Habitual — Ha*bit ual (h[.a]*b[i^]t [ u]*al; 135), 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;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Habitually — Habitual Ha*bit ual (h[.a]*b[i^]t [ u]*al; 135), 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Habitualness — Habitual Ha*bit ual (h[.a]*b[i^]t [ u]*al; 135), 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • habitual — ha·bit·u·al /hə bi chə wəl/ adj 1: practicing or acting in some manner by force of custom, habit, or addiction a habitual drunkard 2: being such a specified number of times or with designated regularity habitual offenders 3: involved in the… …   Law dictionary

  • on principle — idi a) according to rules for right and moral conduct b) according to habit or self imposed regulations …   From formal English to slang

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