pos>n. [ OE. habit, abit, F. habit, fr. L. habitus state, appearance, dress, fr. habere to have, be in a condition; prob. akin to E. have. See Have, and cf. Able, Binnacle, Debt, Due, Exhibit, Malady. ]
A man of very shy, retired habits. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
There are, among the statues, several of Venus, in different habits. Addison.
How use doth breed a habit in a man! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
He who reigns . . . upheld by old repute,
Consent, or custom Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
In thilke places as they [ birds ] habiten. Rom. of R. [ 1913 Webster ]
They habited themselves like those rural deities. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Habitableness. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. habitable, L. habitabilis. ] Capable of being inhabited; that may be inhabited or dwelt in;
n. [ F. habitacle dwelling place, binnacle, L. habitaculum dwelling place. See Binnacle, Habit, v. ] A dwelling place. Chaucer. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Habitant, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
General Arnold met an emissary . . . sent . . . to ascertain the feelings of the habitans or French yeomanry. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. habitance, LL. habitantia. ] Dwelling; abode; residence. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Inhabitancy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. habitant. See Habit, v. t. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The habitants or cultivators of the soil. Parkman. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L., it dwells, fr. habitare. See Habit, v. t. ]
This word has its habitat in Oxfordshire. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]