Ha*bil"i*ment*ed, a. Clothed. Taylor (1630).
Ha*bil"i*tate (-tt), a. [LL. habilitatus, p. p. of habilitare to
enable.] Qualified or entitled. [Obs.] Bacon.
Ha*bil"i*tate (-tt), v. t. To fit out; to equip; to qualify; to
entitle. Johnson.
Ha*bil`i*ta"tion (-t"shn), n. [LL. habilitatio: cf. F. habilitation.]
Equipment; qualification. [Obs.] Bacon.
Ha*bil"i*ty (h*bl"*t), n. [See Ability.] Ability; aptitude. [Obs.]
Robynson (More's Utopia).
Hab"it (hb"t) n. [OE. habit, abit, F. habit fr. L. habitus state,
appearance, dress, fr. habere to have, be in a condition; prob. akin to
E. have. See Have, and cf. Able, Binnacle, Debt, Due, Exhibit, Malady.]
1. The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or
acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained;
as, a religious habit; his habit is morose; elms have a spreading
habit; esp., physical temperament or constitution; as, a full habit of
body.
2. (Biol.) The general appearance and manner of life of a living
organism.
3. Fixed or established custom; ordinary course of conduct; practice;
usage; hence, prominently, the involuntary tendency or aptitude to
perform certain actions which is acquired by their frequent repetition;
as, habit is second nature; also, peculiar ways of acting;
characteristic forms of behavior.
A man of very shy, retired habits.
W. Irving.
4. Outward appearance; attire; dress; hence, a garment; esp., a closely
fitting garment or dress worn by ladies; as, a riding habit.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy.
Shak.
There are, among the statues, several of Venus, in different
habits.
Addison.
Syn. -- Practice; mode; manner; way; custom; fashion. -- Habit, Custom.
Habit is a disposition or tendency leading us to do easily, naturally,
and with growing certainty, what we do often; custom is external, being
habitual use or the frequent repetition of the same act. The two
operate reciprocally on each other. The custom of giving produces a
habit of liberality; habits of devotion promote the custom of going to
church. Custom also supposes an act of the will, selecting given modes
of procedure; habit is a law of our being, a kind of "second nature"
which grows up within us.
How use doth breed a habit in a man !
Shak.
He who reigns . . . upheld by old repute, Consent, or custom.
Milton.
Hab"it (hb"t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Habited; p. pr. & vb. n. Habiting.]
[OE. habiten to dwell, F. habiter, fr. L. habitare to have frequently,
to dwell, intens. fr. habere to have. See Habit, n.] 1. To inhabit.
[Obs.]
In thilke places as they [birds] habiten.
Rom. of R.