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Word: inveterate
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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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