- habit⇄expr. take the habit, to become a monk or nun.
Ex. Odeleric ... founded a monastery in Shrewsbury himself and took the habit there in old age (Listener). - habit⇄habit, noun, verb.
- habit⇄noun 1. a tendency to act in a certain way; usual way of acting; custom; practice. Doing a thing over and over again makes it a habit.
Ex. How use doth breed a habit in a man! (Shakespeare). Such deference [to gentlemen] was both political and soci - habit⇄v.t. 1. to put a habit or garment on; dress.
Ex. A few minutes later, divested of silks and ornaments and habited in a plain wide-sleeved tunic of rough serge, she knelt once more (Atlantic).
(SYN) clothe, attire.
2. (Archaic.) to liv