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habitude

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hab·i·tude  (hb-td, -tyd)
n.
A habitual tendency or way of behaving. See Synonyms at habit.

[Middle English, from Latin habitd, condition, from habitus; see habit.]

habitude [ˈhæbɪˌtjuːd]
n
Rare habit or tendency
habitudinal  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.habitude - habitual mode of behavior
practice, pattern - a customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern"
daily round, round - the usual activities in your day; "the doctor made his rounds"


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The Killer had determined to come back to the place where he had seen the white girl who took to the trees with the ability of long habitude.
With the shortening of the days all hope of obtaining her husband's forgiveness began to leave her; and there was something of the habitude of the wild animal in the unreflecting instinct with which she rambled on-- disconnecting herself by littles from her eventful past at every step, obliterating her identity, giving no thought to accidents or contingencies which might make a quick discovery of her whereabouts by others of importance to her own happiness, if not to theirs.
At any time it is a strange sight to the tyro to see with what wondrous habitude of unconscious skill the whaleman will maintain an erect posture in his boat, even when pitched about by the most riotously perverse and cross-running seas.
 
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