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HABIL'IMENT, f [French.] Drefs; clothes; gar¬ 
ment : 
He the faireft Una found, 
Strange lady, in fo ftrange habiliments , 
Teaching tlue fatyi-es. Spenfer. 
To HABIL'ITATE, v.n. \_habiliter,Px To qualify; 
to entitle. Not in vfe. —Divers perfuns in the houfe of 
commons Were attainted, and thereby not legal nor 
habilitate to fei ve in parliament, being difabled in the 
higheft degree ? Bacon. 
HABILITA'TION, f. Qualification.—The tilings 
are but habilitations towards arms; and what is habihtation, 
without intention and a£t > Bacon. 
. HABlL'lTY, J. [ habilete, Fr.] Faculty; power; now 
ability. PolfelTions : 
But lov’d thi.sfre.Ih young knight, that dwelt her nv, 
The lufty Aladine, though .meaner borne, 
And of lelle livelihood ■e.w&hability. Spenfer. 
HAB'INGTON (William), an Englilh poet and hif- 
torian, born in 1605," at Hendlip in Worcefterfliire, 
and educated at St. Omers,. and at Paris. Pie died in 
1654, and left feveral .maniifcripts in the hands of his 
fon. His printed works are, 1. Poems under the title of 
Cajlura. 2. The Queen of Arragon, a tragic-comedy. 
3. Obfervations upon Hiftory. 4. The Hiltory of Ed¬ 
ward IV. king of England, faid to be written at the de¬ 
fire of Charles I. 
HABIRHAOUTCHIN', a town of Chinefe Tartary, 
in the country of the Monguls. Lat. 44. 10. N. Ion. 132. 
10. E. Ferro. 
HA'BIS, a king of Spain, celebrated as-being thefirft 
prince who taught his fubjects agriculture. Jujlin. 
HAB'IT, yi [habitus, Lat.] State, of any thing; as, 
habit of body. Drefs ; accoutrement; garment.—Changes 
there are in veins of wit, like thole of habits , or other 
modes. Temple. 
I Ihifted 
Into a madman’s rags, t’affiime a femblance 
The very dogs difdain’d ; and in this habit 
Met I my father. Shakefpeare. 
Habit is a power or ability in man of doing any thing, 
when it has been acquired by frequent doing the fame 
thing. Locke. —He hath a better bad habit of frowning 
than the count Palatine. Shakefpeare. —Cultom ; invete¬ 
rate ufe.—The force of education is fo great, that we 
mould the minds and manners of the young into what 
Ihape we pleafe, and give the imprellions of fuch habits 
as (hall ever afterwards remain. Atterbury. 
No civil broils have fince his death arofe. 
But fadfioii now by habit does obey ; 
And wars have that.refpeft for his repofe, 
As winds for halcyons when they breed at fea. Dryden. 
To HAB'IT, v. a. Todrefs; to accoutre; to array.— 
They habited themfelves like thofe rural deities, and 
imitated them in their rulHc dances. Dryden. 
HAB'ITABLE, adj. [Fr. kabitabilis, Lat.] Capable 
of being dwelt in; capable of fuftaining human crea¬ 
tures.—The torrid zone is nqw found habitable. Cowley. 
Look round the habitable world, how few 
Know their own^good, or knowing it purfue. Dryden. 
HAB'ITABLENESS, f. Capacity of being dwelt in. 
•—Thofe ancient'problems of the fpherical roundnefs of 
the earth, the being of antipodes, and of the hafritablenefs 
of the torrid zone, are abundantly demonftrated. Ray. 
HAB'ITACLE, f. \_habitaculum, Lat.] A dwelling- 
place. 
HAB'ITANCE, f. [habitatio, Lat.] Dwelling; abode: 
What art thou, man, if man at all thou art, 
That here in defart haft thine habit.ance ? 
And thefe rich heaps of wealth do’ft hide apart 
.From the world’s, eye, and from her right ufance. Spenf. 
Vol. IX. No. 573. 
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HAB'IT ANT, f. [Fr. habitant, Lat.] Dweller;- one 
that lives in any place; inhabitant : 
Potvers celeftial to each other’s view 
Stand fli11 confeft, though diftant far they lie, 
Or habitants of earth, or fea, or fky. Pope. 
HABITA'TION, f. [Fr. habitatio, Lat.] The Hate 
of a place receiving dwellers : 
Amplitude almoft immenfe, with ftars 
Numerous, and every ftar perhaps a world 
Of deftin’d habitation, Milton. 
Act of inhabiting ; ftate of dwelling : 
Palaces, - 
For want of habitation and repair, 
Diifolve to heaps of ruins. Denham. 
Place of abode; dwelling.—Wifdom, to the end ftie 
might fave many, built her houfe of that nature which 
is common unto all; file made not this or that man her 
habitation, but dwelt in us. Hooker. 
God oft defeends to vifit men 
Un.feen, and through their habitations walks 
To mark their doings. Milton. 
HABITA'TOR,/. [Latin.] Dweller; inhabitant.— 
The fun’s prefence is more continued onto the northern 
inhabitants ; and the longeft day in Cancer is longer 
unto 11s than that in Capricorn unto the fouthern habi- 
tators. Brown. " ■ ' ’ 
HABITUAL, adj. [habituel, from habit, Fr.] Cuf- 
tomary; accuftomed ; inveterate ; eftabliftled by frequent 
repetition. It is ufed for both good and ill.—Art is 
properly an habitual knowledge of certain rules and 
maxims. South. 
. By length of time 
The feurf is worn away of each committed crime : 
No fpeck is left of their habitual ftains ; 
But the pure ether of the foul remains. Dryden. 
HABITUALLY, adv. Cuftopaarily; by habit.—-In¬ 
ternal graces and qualities of mind fandfify our natures, 
and render us habitually holy. Atterbury. 
! To HABITUATE, v. a. \_habituer, Fr.] To accuftom; 
to ufe one’s felf by frequent repetition ; with to. —Men 
are firft corrupted by bad counfel and company, and 
next they habituate themfelves to their vicious practices. 
Tilldtjon. —Such as live in a rarer air are habituated to the 
exercife of a greater miifcular ftrength. Arbuthnot. 
HAB'iTUDE,yi fiabitudo. Lot. habitude, Fr.] Rela. 
tion; refpeft; ftate With regard to forriething elfe.— 
We cannot conclude this complexion of nations from 
the vicinity of habitude they hold unto the fun. Brown. 
In all the habitudes of life, 
The friend, the miftrefs, and the wife, 
Variety we ftijl purfue. Dryden. 
Familiarity ; converfe ; frequent intercourfe.—To write 
well, one mull have frequent habitudes with the beft ‘ 
company. Addifon. 
His knowledge in the nobleft ufeful arts, 
Was fnch dead authors could not give; 
But habitude* \v ith thofe who live. Dryden. 
Long cuftom; habit; inveterate ufe. This is more pro¬ 
perly habit. —Mankind is willing to continue in a pleafmg 
error, ftrengthened by a long habitude. Dryden. 
Brought by long habitude from bad to worfe, 
We hear the frequent oath, the direful curfe. Prior. 
The power of doing any thing acquired by frequent re¬ 
petition.—It is impoffible to gain an exadl habitude, with¬ 
out an infinite number of aits and perpetual pradlice. 
Dryden. 
HAB'ITUS,/. In metaphyfics, the difpofition or ap¬ 
plication of a body to any thing near it, 
Qq HA'BLEJj. 
