1. An established custom
   "it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening"
   - wont 
2. (psychology) an automatic pattern of behaviour in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
   "owls have nocturnal habits"; "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"
   - use 
3. A distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order 
4. The general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal)
   "a shrub of spreading habit" 
5. Attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider (especially a woman's attire)
   - riding habit 
6. Excessive use of drugs
   - substance abuse, drug abuse

1. Put a habit on

Derived forms: habited, habiting, habits

See also: habitual, habituate

Type of: abuse, apparel, attire, clothe, custom, development, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, growing, growth, habilitate [archaic], maturation, misuse, ontogenesis, ontogeny, raiment [archaic], tog, tradition, usage, usance

Encyclopedia: Habit

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