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Liable vs Habituated - What's the difference?

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Liable is a related term of habituated.


As an adjective liable

is bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.

As a verb habituated is

(habituate).

liable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
    • The surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 34.
    • The passion for philosophy, like that for religion, seems liable to this inconvenience
  • Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable.
  • Likely.
    • Someone is liable to slip on your icy sidewalk.

    Related terms

    * liability * reliable

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    habituated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (habituate)

    • habituate

    English

    Verb

    (habituat)
  • To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.
  • * Sir K. Digby
    • our English dogs, who were habituated to a colder clime
  • * Tillotson
    • Men are first corrupted and next they habituate themselves to their vicious practices.
  • To settle as an inhabitant.

    • Synonyms

    * accustom * inure

    Related terms

    * habit * habitual