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habitude

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Habitude \Hab"i*tude\, n. [F., fr. L. habitudo condition. See
   {Habit}.]
   1. Habitual attitude; usual or accustomed state with
      reference to something else; established or usual
      relations. --South.

            The same ideas having immutably the same habitudes
            one to another.                       --Locke.

            The verdict of the judges was biased by nothing else
            than ?heir habitudes of thinking.     --Landor.

   2. Habitual association, intercourse, or familiarity.

            To write well, one must have frequent habitudes with
            the best company.                     --Dryden.

   3. Habit of body or of action. --Shak.

            It is impossible to gain an exact habitude without
            an infinite ?umber of acts and perpetual practice.
                                                  --Dryden.

Source : WordNet®

habitude
     n : habitual mode of behavior
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