Habitude

[Fr., from Lat. habitudo.] Relative state or condition; customary manner or mode of life; custom; habit; repetition of the same acts; as, the habi tudes of good company. Habitué, (a- be - too - ay ,) n. [Fr.] One accustomed to a certain place, employment, amusement, .; as, an habitué of the tavern, of the theatre, . Hab'nab, adv . [Corrupted from hap -ne- hap , i. e. let it happen or not.) At random; by chance; without any rule or certainty of effect. "Cyphered and astral characters set down hab-nab."-Hudibras. Habsburg, Hapsburg, [Lat. Habsburgum ,] a castle of Aargau, in Switzerland, 8 m. N.E. of Aarau, founded in 1020. It is the cradle of the House of Austria. See HAPSBURG (HOUSE OF).