Hāb'i·tūde, n.

(53), n. [Fr., from Lat. habitūdo, Sp. habitud, It. abitudine. See HABIT.]

1. The state of being had, held, or related, with reference to another object; relation. [Obs.] South.
2. Frequent intercourse; familiarity. [Rare.]

To write well, one must have frequent habitudes with the best company. Dryden. 3. Frequent repetition of an act or feeling, and its resulting tendency or consequence; customary manner or mode of living, feeling, or acting. The verdict of the judges was biased by nothing else than their habitudes of feeling. Landor.