Hab"i*tude (hăb"&ibreve;*tūd),
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.
The same ideas having immutably the same
habitudes one to another.
Locke.
The verdict of the judges was biased by nothing else
than their habitudes of thinking.
Landor.
2. Habitual association, intercourse, or
familiarity.
To write well, one must have frequent habitudes
with the best company.
Dryden.
3. Habit of body or of action.
Shak.
It is impossible to gain an exact habitude
without an infinite number of acts and perpetual
practice.
Dryden.
