a. [ad. L. ūsitāt-us, pa. pple. of ūsitārī to use often.] a. Customary, usual. b. Much used of (= by).
1885. Dixon, Hist. Ch. Eng., xx. III. 462. The usitate dignities of rural deans and archdeacons.
1890. Sat. Rev., 27 Sept., 383/1. A form of punishment usitate of French novelists.
