habit, habitude; assuetude†, assuefaction†, wont; run, way.
common state of things, general state of things, natural state of
things, ordinary state of things, ordinary course of things, ordinary
run of things; matter of course; beaten path, beaten track, beaten
ground.
prescription, custom, use, usage, immemorial usage, practice;
prevalence, observance; conventionalism, conventionality; mode,
fashion, vogue; etiquette &c (gentility) 852; order of the day, cry;
conformity &c 82; consuetude, dustoor†.
one's old way, old school, veteris vestigia flammae [Lat.];
laudator temporis acti [Lat.].
rule, standing order, precedent, routine; red-tape, red-tapism†;
pipe clay; rut, groove.
cacoethes [Lat.]; bad habit, confirmed habit, inveterate habit,
intrinsic habit &c; addiction, trick.
training &c (education) 537; seasoning, second nature,
acclimatization; knack &c
V. be wont &c adj.. fall into a rut, fall into a custom &c (conform to)
82; tread the beaten track, follow the beaten track, tread the beaten
path, follow the beaten; stare super antiquas vias [Lat.]; move in a
rut, run on in a groove, go round like a horse in a mill, go on in the
old jog trot way.
habituate, inure, harden, season, caseharden; accustom,
familiarize; naturalize, acclimatize; keep one's hand in; train &c
(educate) 537.
get into the way, get into the knack of; learn &c 539; cling to,
adhere to; repeat &c 104; acquire a habit, contract a habit, fall into
a habit, acquire a trick, contract a trick, fall into a trick; addict
oneself to, take to, get into.
be habitual &c adj.; prevail; come into use, become a habit, take
root; gain upon one, grow upon one.
Adj. habitual; accustomary†; prescriptive, accustomed &c v.; of daily
occurrence, of everyday occurrence; consuetudinary†; wonted, usual,
general, ordinary, common, frequent, everyday, household, garden
variety, jog, trot; well-trodden, well-known; familiar, vernacular,
trite, commonplace, conventional, regular, set, stock, established,
stereotyped; prevailing, prevalent; current, received, acknowledged,
recognized, accredited; of course, admitted, understood.
conformable.
&c 82; according to use, according to custom, according to
routine; in vogue, in fashion, in, with it; fashionable &c (genteel)
852.
wont; used to, given to, addicted to, attuned to, habituated &c
v.; in the habit of; habitue; at home in &c (skillful) 698; seasoned;
imbued with; devoted to, wedded to.
hackneyed, fixed, rooted, deep-rooted, ingrafted†, permanent,
inveterate, besetting; naturalized; ingrained &c (intrinsic) 5.
Adv. habitually &c adj.; always &c (uniformly) 16.
as usual, as is one's wont, as things go, as the world goes, as
the sparks fly upwards; more suo, more solito [Lat.]; ex more.
as a rule, for the most part; usually, generally, typically &c
adj.; most often, most frequently.
Phr. cela s'entend [Fr.]; abeunt studia in mores [Lat.]; adeo in
teneris consuescere multum est [Lat.]; consuetudo quasi altera natura
[Lat.] [Cicero]; hoc erat in more majorum [Lat.]; How use doth breed a
habit in a man! [Two Gentlemen]; magna est vis consuetudinis [Lat.];
morent fecerat usus [Lat.] [Ovid].