HABIT

n. Ha'b'iH. Lat., habitus. Fr., habitude, porte. Ger., Gewohnheit, Haltung, Tracht, Beschaffenheit. It., abito. Sp., hdbito. 1. The involuntary tendency to perform certain actions which is acquired by their frequent repetition. 2. The external expre ion of the bodily constitution. 3. The external evidence of latent morbid action, as seen in the phthisical h., etc. [D, 3, 20.] 4. A particular constitutional tendency. In botany, the general appearance of a plant. [B, 1, 123 (a, 24).] Apoplectic h. Lat., habitus apoplectic us. Ger., a pop lek tis cher Habitus. See Apoplectic CONSTITUTION. Full h. See Plethoric CONSTITUTION. [s. 264]