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Word: inveterate (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Firmly established by long continuance; obstinate; deep-rooted; of long standing; as, an inveterate disease; an inveterate abuse.
  • Having habits fixed by long continuance; confirmed; habitual; as, an inveterate idler or smoker.
  • Malignant; virulent; spiteful.
  • Old; long-established.

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Verb:

  • obsolete To fix and settle by long continuance; to entrench.

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