habitude

  1. Noun.  (archaic) The essential character of one's being or existence; native or normal constitution; mental or moral constitution; bodily condition; native temperament.
  2. Noun.  (archaic) Habitual disposition; normal or characteristic mode of behaviour, whether from habit or from nature.
  3. Noun.  (obsolete) Behaviour or manner of existence in relation to something else; relation; respect.
  4. Noun.  (obsolete) ''In full habitude'': fully, wholly, entirely; in all respects.
  5. Noun.  (obsolete) habitual association; familiar relation; acquaintance; familiarity; intimacy; association; intercourse.
  6. Noun.  (obsolete) an associate; an acquaintance; someone with whom one is familiar.
  7. Noun.  Habit; custom; usage.
  8. Noun.  (obsolete) A chemical term used in the plural to denote the various ways in which one substance reacts with another; chemical reaction.

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