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Inveterate
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- 1 Firmly established from having been around for a long time; of long standing.
"Near-synonyms: deep-rooted, ingrained, ineradicable, indelible, radicated, chronic, permanent"
- 2 Having had a habit (usually a bad habit) for a long time.
"Near-synonyms: hardened, chronic, dyed-in-the-wool"
- 3 Malignant; virulent; spiteful.
"A man of mild manners can form no idea of inveterate revenge or cruelty[…]"
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- 1 in a habitual and longstanding manner wordnet
- 1 To fix and settle after a long time; to entrench. obsolete
""the vulgar conceived that now there was an end given, and a consummation to superstitious prophecies, the belief of fools, but the talk sometimes of wise men, and to an ancient tacit expectation which had by tradition been infused and inveterated into men's minds.""
Etymology
The adjective is first attested in 1528, the verb in 1574; borrowed from Latin inveterātus (“of long standing, chronic”), perfect passive participle of inveterō and participial adjective (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in, into”) + veterō (“to age”), from vetus, veteris (“old”). Cognate with Italian inveterato, French invétéré.
The adjective is first attested in 1528, the verb in 1574; borrowed from Latin inveterātus (“of long standing, chronic”), perfect passive participle of inveterō and participial adjective (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in, into”) + veterō (“to age”), from vetus, veteris (“old”). Cognate with Italian inveterato, French invétéré.
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