GCIDE: Defining Habitude using "exact" search strategy.
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| Source: gcide | 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. [1913 Webster]
The same ideas having immutably the same habitudes one to another. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
The verdict of the judges was biased by nothing else than their habitudes of thinking. --Landor. [1913 Webster]
2. Habitual association, intercourse, or familiarity. [1913 Webster]
To write well, one must have frequent habitudes with the best company. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
3. Habit of body or of action. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
It is impossible to gain an exact habitude without an infinite number of acts and perpetual practice. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
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