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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Habitude \Hab"i*tude\ (h[a^]b"[i^]*t[=u]d), n. [F., fr. L.
habitudo condition. See {Habit}.]
1. Habitual attitude; usual or accustomed state with
reference to something else; established or usual
relations. --South.
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The same ideas having immutably the same habitudes
one to another. --Locke.
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The verdict of the judges was biased by nothing else
than their habitudes of thinking. --Landor.
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2. Habitual association, intercourse, or familiarity.
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To write well, one must have frequent habitudes with
the best company. --Dryden.
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3. Habit of body or of action. --Shak.
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It is impossible to gain an exact habitude without
an infinite number of acts and perpetual practice.
--Dryden.
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