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• Habit — • Habit is an effect of repeated acts and an aptitude to reproduce them, and may be defined as a quality difficult to change, whereby an agent whose nature it is to work one way or another indeterminately, is disposed easily and readily at will… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Habit (biology) — Habit, when used in the context of biology, refers to the instinctive actions of animals and the natural tendencies of plants.In zoology, this term is used most often to describe where an animal spends most of its life cycle. Habit may also refer …   Wikipedia

• habit — [hab′it] n. [ME < OFr < L habitus, condition, appearance, dress < pp. of habere, to have, hold < IE base * ghabh , to grasp, take > GIVE] 1. Obs. costume; dress 2. a particular costume showing rank, status, etc.; specif., a) a… …   English World dictionary

• habit — ► NOUN 1) a settled or regular tendency or practice. 2) informal an addiction to drugs. 3) general shape or mode of growth, especially of a plant or mineral. 4) a long, loose garment worn by a member of a religious order. ► VERB archaic ▪ dress.… …   English terms dictionary

• habit —   Growth form of an organism …   Expanded glossary of Cycad terms

• habit — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin habitus condition, character, from habēre to have, hold more at give Date: 13th century 1. archaic clothing 2. a. a costume characteristic of a calling, rank, or function < a nun s… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• habit — habit1 /hab it/, n. 1. an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary: the habit of looking both ways before crossing the street. 2. customary practice or use: Daily bathing is an American habit. 3. a… …   Universalium

• habit — /ˈhæbət / (say habuht) noun 1. a disposition or tendency, constantly shown, to act in a certain way. 2. such a disposition acquired by frequent repetition of an act. 3. a particular practice, custom, or usage. 4. an addiction to, or compulsive… …  

• habit — n. & v. n. 1 a settled or regular tendency or practice (often foll. by of + verbal noun: has a habit of ignoring me). 2 a practice that is hard to give up. 3 a mental constitution or attitude. 4 Psychol. an automatic reaction to a specific… …   Useful english dictionary

• habit — 1. An act, behavioral response, practice, or custom established in one s repertoire by frequent repetition of the same act. SEE ALSO: addiction. 2. A basic variable in the study of conditioning and learning used to designate a new response… …   Medical dictionary

• habit — noun 1》 a settled or regular tendency or practice. 2》 general shape or mode of growth, especially of a plant or a mineral. 3》 a long, loose garment worn by a member of a religious order.     ↘archaic clothing; attire. 4》 archaic a person s health …   English new terms dictionary