| an |
| 1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound | |
| 2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable | |
| 3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable | |
| 4. conj. (archaic) If | |
| 5. conj. (archaic) So long as. | |
| An it harm none, do what ye will. | |
| 6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though. | |
| 7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri). | |
| 8. prep. In each; to or for each; per. | |
| I was only going twenty miles an hour. | |
| inveterate |
| 1. adj. firmly established from having been around for a long time; of long standing | |
| an inveterate disease | |
| an inveterate habit | |
| 2. adj. (of a person) Having had a habit for a long time | |
| an inveterate idler | |
| an inveterate smoker | |
| an inveterate traveller | |
| 3. adj. Malignant; virulent; spiteful. | |
| 4. v. (obsolete) To fix and settle after a long time; to entrench. | |
| habit |
| 1. n. An action performed on a regular basis. | |
| It’s become a habit of mine to have a cup of coffee after dinner. | |
| 2. n. An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness. | |
| By force of habit, he dressed for work even though it was holiday. | |
| 3. n. A long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns. | |
| It’s interesting how Catholic and Buddhist monks both wear habits. | |
| 4. n. A piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity. | |
| The new riding habits of the team looked smashing! | |
| 5. n. (archaic) Outward appearance; attire; dress. | |
| 6. n. (botany, mineralogy) Form of growth or general appearance of a variety or species of plant or crystal. | |
| 7. n. An addiction. | |
| He has a 10-cigar habit. | |
| 8. v. To clothe. | |
| 9. v. (transitive, archaic) To inhabit. | |
