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Entry 10 senses · 5 variants Webster, 1913

Custom

/(kŭs"tŭm)/ · Cus·tom · IPA /ˈkʌstəm/
01 n. Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.
  1. 1.
    Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.
    “And teach customs which are not lawful.” — Acts xvi. 21.
    “Moved beyond his custom, Gama said.” — Tennyson.
    “A custom More honored in the breach than the observance.” — Shak.
  2. 2.
    Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.
    “Let him have your custom, but not your votes.” — Addison.
  3. 3.
    Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.(Law) See: Usage, Prescription
  4. 4.
    Familiar aquaintance; familiarity.[Obs.]
    “Age can not wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety.” — Shak.
Phrases & compounds
Custom of merchants — a system or code of customs by which affairs of commerce are regulated.
General customs — those which extend over a state or kingdom.
Particular customs — those which are limited to a city or district; as, the customs of London.
Syn. Practice; fashion. See Habit, and Usage.
02 v. t. To make familiar; to accustom.
  1. 1.
    To make familiar; to accustom.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    To supply with customers.[Obs.]
03 v. i. To have a custom.
  1. 1.
    To have a custom.[Obs.]
    “On a bridge he custometh to fight.” — Spenser.
04 n. The customary toll, tax, or tribute.
  1. 1.
    The customary toll, tax, or tribute.
    “Render, therefore, to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom.” — Rom. xiii. 7.
  2. 2.
    Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities, imported or exported.
05 v. t. To pay the customs of.
  1. 1.
    To pay the customs of.[Obs.]