Habitation
(Hab`i*ta"tion) n. [F. habitation, L. habitatio.]
1. The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy. Denham.
2. Place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.
The Lord . . . blesseth the habitation of the just.
Prov. iii. 33. Habitator
(Hab"i*ta`tor) n. [L.] A dweller; an inhabitant. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Habited
(Hab"it*ed) p. p. & a.
1. Clothed; arrayed; dressed; as, he was habited like a shepherd.
2. Fixed by habit; accustomed. [Obs.]
So habited he was in sobriety.
Fuller. 3. Inhabited. [Archaic]
Another world, which is habited by the ghosts of men and women.
Addison. Habitual
(Ha*bit"u*al) a. [Cf. F. habituel, LL. habitualis. See Habit, n.]
1. Formed or acquired by habit or use.
An habitual knowledge of certain rules and maxims.
South. 2. According to habit; established by habit; customary; constant; as, the habitual practice of sin.
It is the distinguishing mark of habitual piety to be grateful for the most common and ordinary blessings.
Buckminster. Syn. — Customary; accustomed; usual; common; wonted; ordinary; regular; familiar.
— Ha*bit"u*al*ly, adv. — Ha*bit"u*al*ness, n.
Habituate
(Ha*bit"u*ate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Habituated (- a`ted); p. pr. & vb. n. Habituating ] [L.
habituatus, p. p. of habituare to bring into a condition or habit of body: cf. F. habituer. See Habit.]
1. To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.
Our English dogs, who were habituated to a colder clime.
Sir K. Digby.
Men are first corrupted . . . and next they habituate themselves to their vicious practices.
Tillotson. 2. To settle as an inhabitant. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.
Habituate
(Ha*bit"u*ate) a. Firmly established by custom; formed by habit; habitual. [R.] Hammond.
Habituation
(Ha*bit`u*a"tion) n. [Cf. F. habituation.] The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state
of being habituated.
Habitude
(Hab"i*tude) n. [F., fr. L. habitudo condition. See Habit.]
