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   Custom , 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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   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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   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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   (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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   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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   To make familiar; to accustom. [Obs.]
   Gray.
   
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   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.]
   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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   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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