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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inveterate \In*vet"er*ate\, v. t.
To fix and settle by long continuance. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inveterate \In*vet"er*ate\, a. [L. inveteratus p. p. of
inveterare to render old pref. in- in + vetus, veteris old
See {Veteran}.]
1. Old long-established. [Obs.]
It is an inveterate and received opinion. --Bacon.
2. Firmly established by long continuance; obstinate;
deep-rooted; of long standing; as an inveterate disease;
an inveterate abuse.
Heal the inveterate canker of one wound. --Shak.
3. Having habits fixed by long continuance; confirmed;
habitual; as an inveterate idler or smoker.
4. Malignant; virulent; spiteful. --H. Brooke.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
inveterate
adj : having a habit of long standing; "a chronic smoker" [syn: {chronic},
{confirmed}, {habitual}, {inveterate(a)}]
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