Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HAB'I-TUDE, n. [Fr. from L. habitudo, from habitus.]

1. Relation; respect; state with regard to something else. [Little used.] Hale. South.
2. Frequent intercourse; familiarity. [Not usual.] To write well, one must have frequent habitudes with the best company. Dryden
3. Customary manner or mode of life; repetition of the same acts; as, the habitudes of fowls or insects. Goldsmith.
4. Custom; habit. Dryden. Prior.