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noun 
  1. Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.
  • And teach customs which are not lawful. Acts xvi. 21.
  • Moved beyond his , Gama said. Tennyson.
  • A More honored in the breach than the observance. Shakespeare
    1. Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.
    1. Let him have your , but not your votes. Addison.
      1. (context, law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.
    2. Usage is a fact. Custom is a law. There can be no without usage, though there may be usage without . Wharton.
      1. (context, obsolete) Familiar acquaintance; familiarity.
    3. Age can not wither her, nor stale Her infinite variety. Shakespeare
      1. The customary toll, tax, or tribute.
    4. Render, therefore, to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; to whom . Rom. xiii. 7.
      1. (plurale tantum) Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities, imported or exported.
    Translations: 
    • Dutch: heffing, tol , accijns
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    verb 
    1. (context, obsolete) (transitive) To make familiar; to accustom.
    2. (context, obsolete) (transitive) To supply with customers.
    3. (context, obsolete) (transitive) To pay the customs of.
    4. (context, obsolete) (intransitive) To have a custom.
    • On a bridge he custometh to fight. Spenser.
      (webster)
    adjective 
    1. made in a different way from usual, specially to fit one's needs
    My feet are as big as powerboats, so I need shoes.

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