a. Obs. Also 4 -swet. [ad. L. consuēt-us used, accustomed, wonted, pa. pple. of consuēscĕre to accustom, use, f. con- together + suēscĕre to become used, accustom, inceptive of an obs. suēre.] Accustomed, wonted.

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1384.  Charter of Lond., xcii., in Arnolde, Chron. (1811), 34. Yelding to vs be yere … in termes conswet the ferme therof diew.

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1538.  Leland, Itin., V. 67. Favorers of their consuete Idilness.

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1548.  Hall, Chron. (1809), 458. Brought again into their … consuete familiaritee.

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1656.  in Blount, Glossogr.

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  Hence † Consuetely adv., according to custom.

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1632.  Lithgow, Trav., i. 4. The mansuet cup, the gods consuetly drunke.

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