habit

²habit

verb

Definition of HABIT

transitive verb

: clothe, dress

Examples of HABIT

1. <his exclusive clothing store had habited the town's upper crust for as long as anyone could remember>

First Known Use of HABIT

1594

Related to HABIT

Synonyms: apparel, array, attire, bedeck, caparison, costume, deck (out), do up, dress, dress up, enrobe, garb, garment, get up, gown, clothe, invest, rig (out), robe, suit, tog (up or out), toilet, vesture

Antonyms: disarray, disrobe, strip, unclothe, undress, untruss [archaic]

Related Words: cloak, frock, jacket, mantle, vest; drape, enswathe, hap [dialect], huddle, swaddle, swathe, wrap; accoutre (or accouter), bedight [archaic], equip, furnish, habilitate, outfit, tailor, uniform; dress down, underdress

Near Antonyms: denude, divest, uncover, undrape, unveil

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Rhymes with HABIT

rabbet, rabbit