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habitude

noun /ˈhæbɪˌtjuːd/

  1. The essential character of one's being or existence; native or normal constitution; mental or moral constitution; bodily condition; native temperament.

    archaic, countable, uncountable

    His real habitude gave life and grace / To appertainings and to ornament.

  2. Habitual disposition; normal or characteristic mode of behaviour, whether from habit or from nature

    archaic, countable, uncountable

    [I]ts thought, that, in the Seed are alvvaies potentially ſeuerall indiuiduating Qualities deriu'd from diuers of the neere Anceſtors, vvhich by the formatiue povver of the Parents may be expreſt in the Children, vvith reſpectiue habitude to either Sex; […]

  3. Behaviour or manner of existence in relation to something else; relation; respect.

    countable, obsolete, uncountable

    And although Proportion ſtrictly ſignifies the Habitude or Relation of one Quantity to another, yet, in a looſer and tranſlated Senſe, it hath been applied to ſignify every other Habitude; and conſequently the Term Analogy comes to ſignify all Similitude or Relations, or Habitudes vvhatſoever.

  4. In full habitude: fully, wholly, entirely; in all respects.

    countable, obsolete, uncountable

    Although I believe not the report in full habitude.

Where it comes from

From Middle English habitude, from Middle French habitude, from Latin habitūdō (“condition, plight, habit, appearance”), from habeō (“to have, hold, keep”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry habitude (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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