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1. An established custom
   "it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening";
   - wont
    
2. (psychology) an automatic pattern of behaviour in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
   "owls have nocturnal habits"; "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair";
   - use
    
3. (religion) a distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order
    
4. The general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal)
   "a shrub of spreading habit"
    
5. Attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider (especially a woman's attire)
   - riding habit
    
6. Excessive use of drugs
   - substance abuse, drug abuse

1. Put a habit on

Derived forms: habited, habits, habiting

Type of: abuse, apparel, attire, clothe, custom, development, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, growing, growth, habilitate [archaic], maturation, misuse, ontogenesis, ontogeny, raiment [archaic], tog [informal], tradition, usage, usance [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Habit, Kentucky