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▪ I. † ˈveterate, a. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. veterāt-us, f. veter-, vetus old.]
1. Of long standing; inveterate.
1541R. Copland Galyen's Terap. 2 G iij b, Seing yt he made no mention of veterate vlceres. 1562W. Bullein Bulwarke 49 b, My sicknesse is so veterate and olde, that the aire was unsufficient to bee my helpe.
2. Having the authority of age or antiquity.
1565J. Halle Hist. Expost. 31, I have thought good to gather the councels, and good documentes of dyvers good and veterate authores.
So † ˈveterated a. Obs. (Cf. next.)
1547Boorde Brev. Health cviii. 41 They may be holpen so be it that the infirmitie or the impediment be not veterated or of a longe continuance.
▪ II. † ˈveterate, v. Obs.—0
[f. late L. veterāre.]
intr. ‘To wax old’ (Cockeram, 1623). |