[syn: custom-made, custom]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Custom \Cus"tom\, 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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Custom \Cus"tom\, v. i.
To have a custom. [Obs.]
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On a bridge he custometh to fight. --Spenser.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Custom \Cus"tom\, 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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Custom \Cus"tom\ (k[u^]s"t[u^]m), 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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Note: 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 aquaintance; 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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Custom \Cus"tom\, v. t.
To pay the customs of. [Obs.] --Marlowe.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
custom
adj 1: made according to the specifications of an individual
[syn: custom-made, custom] [ant: ready-made]
n 1: accepted or habitual practice [syn: custom, usage,
usance]
2: a specific practice of long standing [syn: custom,
tradition]
3: money collected under a tariff [syn: customs, customs
duty, custom, impost]
4: habitual patronage; "I have given this tailor my custom for
many years"
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
custom
bespoke
(Or "bespoke") An adjective describing any product that is
special in some way, individually created for a specific user
or system, as opposed to generic or off-the-shelf.
(2008-06-25)