in philosophy, an aptitude or disposition either of mind or body, acquired by a frequent repetition of the same act.

medicine, denotes the settled constitution of the body, or the habitude of any thing else, as the structure or composition of a body, or the parts thereof.

Habit is also used for a dress or garb, or the composition of garments, wherewith a person is covered; in which sense we say, the habit of an ecclesiastic, of a religious, &c. a military habit, &c.