a. Obs. Also vsant(e, vsaunt. [a. OF. usant, pr. pple. of user to USE.] Accustomed or wont to do something; addicted to some practice.
c. 1380. Sir Ferumb., 3296. In þat sche may sche ys vsaunt to do þe yule to spede.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Pars. T., ¶ 821. He that is vsant to this synne of Glotonye.
1412–20. Lydg., Chron. Troy, IV. 1629. His ȝonge knyȝtes … Swyche as he was vsant for to lede.
a. 1470. H. Parker, Dives & Pauper (W. de W., 1496), II. iv. 113/2. Be not vsaunt in swerynge to medle the with sayntes names.
b. Habitual. rare–1.
a. 1470. H. Parker, Dives & Pauper (W. de W., 1496), II. vi. 115/2. Comonly grete swerers & vsaunt swerers ben full false.
Hence † Usantly adv., habitually. Obs.–1
a. 1470. H. Parker, Dives & Pauper (W. de W., 1496), II. x. 119/2. Yf he do it [i.e., swear] with auysement or vsauntly it is dedely synne.
