wont

«wont» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: used to; accustomed — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

used to; accustomed

part of speech

noun; adjective (in "were wont to")

meaning for a pupil

Accustomed; in the habit of doing something. tree →

how it differs from today

Today it is formal and old-fashioned; "wont" is also a misspelling of "won't" in the English Fairy Tales sentence, where it means "will not".

examples

• We remember the fish, which we were wont to eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic; (Torah NUM.11.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• I'll take away the last little one, and you wont have to bother about her.” (English Fairy Tales) tree →
• And the ass said unto Balaam: 'Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden all thy life long unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee?' And he said: 'Nay.' (Torah NUM.22.30, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

wont

tests

manual 10.3; corpora 25 (Torah 4, tales 21, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 2.8 (Torah alone 9.3); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

In the corpora

• and to them that were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.
• Turn Thee towards me, and be gracious unto me, as is Thy wont to do unto those that love Thy name.
• Hear my voice according unto Thy lovingkindness; quicken me, O LORD, as Thou art wont.
• Great are Thy compassions, O LORD; quicken me as Thou art wont.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «wont» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.