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   Custom (kŭsˈtŭm), n. [OF. custume, costume, Anglo-Norman coustome, F.  coutume, fr. (assumed) LL. consuetumen custom, habit, fr. L. consuetudo, -dinis, fr. consuescere to accustom, verb inchoative fr. consuere to be accustomed; con- + suere to be accustomed, prob. originally, to make one's own, fr. the root of suus one's own; akin to E.  so, adv. Cf. Consuetude, Costume.]
   
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   1. Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.
   
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   And teach customs which are not lawful. Acts xvi. 21.
   
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   Moved beyond his custom, Gama said. Tennyson.
   
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   A custom
   
   More honored in the breach than the observance. Shak.
   
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   2. Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.
   
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   Let him have your custom, but not your votes. Addison.
   
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   3. (Law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.
   
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   ☞ Usage is a fact. Custom is a law. There can be no custom without usage, though there may be usage without custom.  Wharton.
   
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   4. Familiar acquaintance; familiarity. [Obs.]
   
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   Age can not wither her, nor custom stale
   
   Her infinite variety. Shak.
   
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   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.
   
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   Custom, v. t. [Cf. OF.  costumer. Cf. Accustom.]
   
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   1. To make familiar; to accustom. [Obs.]  Gray.
   
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   2. To supply with customers. [Obs.]  Bacon.
   
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   Custom, v. i. To have a custom. [Obs.]
   
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   On a bridge he custometh to fight. Spenser.
   
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   Custom, n. [OF.  coustume, F. coutume, tax, i. e., the usual tax. See 1st Custom.]
   1. The customary toll, tax, or tribute.
   
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   Render, therefore, to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom. Rom. xiii. 7.
   
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   2. pl. Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities, imported or exported.
   
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   Custom, v. t. To pay the customs of. [Obs.]  Marlowe.
   
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