inveterateadj.n.
/ɪnˈvɛtərət/ A. adj.
1. That has existed or continued for a long time; of old standing; aged. (Obsolete or blended with 2.)
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the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective]
oldeOE
eldeda1400
antique1490
invetered1490
prisk1533
grey-headed1578
ancient1579
hoar1590
inveterated1597
antiquated1598
inveterate1598
long-dated1602
avital1611
vetust1623
old-standinga1627
grey-haired1637
superannuateda1644
avitous1731
old-established1776
venerable1792
timeworn1840
inworn1864
avitic1865
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 41 b/1 Take ashes which are burned of the inveterate sydes of a wyne~pipe, two pownde.
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 49/1 Those great Flyes which in the springe time of the yeare creepe out of inveterate walles.
1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 128 Rotten wood,..especially, that which is taken out of an inveterate Willow-tree.
1791 W. Gifford Baviad 207 There meagre shrubs inveterate mountains grace.
2.
a. Firmly established by long continuance; long-established; deep-rooted; obstinate. (Now mostly of things evil.)
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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective]
truea1225
certain1297
standing1457
surec1475
stable1481
finite1493
resident1525
determinate1526
staid?1541
constantc1550
undiscomfitablea1555
inveterate1563
sound1565
unwanderinga1569
fixed1574
undisturbable1577
wishly1578
unremovable1579
inveterated1597
immoved1599
rigid1610
staple1621
consistent1648
irradicable1728
incoercible1756
hard and fast1822
unstrangulable1824
lockstep1831
statical1853
static1856
flatline1946
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > inveterate (of habits or attitudes)
rootedc1400
infested1536
settled1556
inveterate1563
radicated1631
entrenched1642
radicate1656
ingrained1821
engrained1843
ingrain1852
chronic1861
infibred1879
serial1947
1563 St. Andrews Kirk-sess. Reg. (1889) 189 The delacionis gevyn in upon tham..for huyrmongyn inveterat.
1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 21 The king being the lawful owner then, because hee had inueterate possession in the same.
c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) vi. 2508 This vice is soe inveterate, Growne to so strong a custome.
1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 529 A Resistance, and an Extirpation of inveterate, sinfull Habits.
1877 J. D. Chambers Divine Worship Eng. 305 This abuse soon..became inveterate in the Ferial Office.
1883 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 11 341 By inveterate practice among most of the commercial nations of Europe, bills of lading have long been drawn..in sets of three or more.
b. Of disease: Of long standing, chronic; hence, deep-seated and resisting treatment.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adjective] > chronic
rooteda1398
confirmed1398
continual1528
inveterate?1541
veterated1547
chronic1601
chronical1604
continent cause1605
continuatea1616
radicated1631
radicate1720
settled1811
?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Civv, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens The curacyon of inueterate vlceres.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. lxxviii. 646 Medicines against an old inueterate cough.
1663 A. Cowley Ess. in Verse & Prose (1669) 13 We now thy patient Physick see, From all inveterate diseases free.
1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) ii. x. 330 The scurvy is in some places..inveterate.
1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 186 The blisters..become inveterate sores.
c. Of evil feelings, prejudices, and the like.
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1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. i. 14 On some apparent daunger seene in him, Aimde at your highnes, no inueterate malice. View more context for this quotation
1682 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 14 He became an inveterate enimy to the court and prerogative.
1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. ix. 183 I have an inveterate dislike to improvements merely speculative and theoretical.
1837 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. VI. xlix. 507 His old and inveterate enemies.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. v. 380 His relations with Francis..were those of inveterate hostility.
d. Persistent, lasting.
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the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring
longeOE
longsomeeOE
long of lifeOE
lastinga1225
cleaving1340
continualc1340
dwellingc1380
long-livinga1382
everlastingc1384
long-duringa1387
long-lasting?a1400
long-liveda1400
broadc1400
permanable?c1422
perseverant?a1425
permanentc1425
perdurable?a1439
continuedc1440
abiding1448
unremoved1455
eternalc1460
long-continued1464
continuing1526
long-enduring1527
enduring1532
immortal1538
diuturn?1541
veterated1547
resiant?1567
stayinga1568
well-wearinga1568
substantive1575
pertinacious1578
extant1581
ceaseless1590
marble1596
of length1597
longeval1598
diuturnal1599
nine-lived1600
chronic1601
unexhausted1602
chronical1604
endurable1607
continuant1610
indeflourishing1610
aged1611
indurant1611
continuatea1616
perennious1628
seculara1631
undiscontinueda1631
continuated1632
untransitory1632
long-spun1633
momently1641
stative1643
outliving1645
constant1653
long-descended1660
voluminousa1661
perduring1664
perdurant1671
livelong1673
perennial1676
longeve1678
consequential1681
unquenched1703
lifelong1746
momentary1755
inveterate1780
stabile1797
persistent1826
unpassing1831
all-time1846
year-long1846
teak-built1847
lengthful1855
long-term1867
long haul1873
sticky1879
week-to-week1879
perenduring1883
long-range1885
longish1889
long-time1902
long run1904
long-life1915
1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal iv. i. 42 The great merit of these are, the inveterate likeness they bear to the originals. All stiff and awkward..and like nothing in human nature besides.
1864 D. G. Mitchell Seven Stories 6 Is St. Peter's toe, of a truth, worn away with the inveterate kissings?
3. Full of obstinate prejudice or hatred; embittered, malignant; virulent. (Now colloquial or nonstandard.)
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the mind > emotion > hatred > [adjective] > full of virulent hatred
inveterate1528
stingyc1615
the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > [adjective] > obstinately
inveterate1528
1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. d viii They were confederate, With antichrist so inveterate.
1563 N. Winȝet Wks. (1890) II. 54 Sa indurat, sa inueterat, and of sa schamelis a forret.
1648 Hunting of Fox 13 Which makes them so inveterate against him.
1674 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 222 There is also another party wch I am sure is inveterate towards me.
1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. x. 141 He was informed in terms the most aggravating and inveterate of the whole course and history of Ned's misbehaviour.
1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. xvi. 264 I felt inveterate against him.
4. Settled or confirmed in habit, condition, or practice; habitual, hardened, obstinate.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > that does something habitually > inveterate or confirmed
composed1483
wedded1578
fastened1596
dyed in the wool1597
sworna1616
hardeneda1618
engrained1630
steadfast1644
radicateda1661
inveterate1735
professional1814
confirmed1827
card-carrying1939
1735 H. Fielding Universal Gallant Advt. sig. Aiiiv Authors, whose Works have been rejected at the Theatres, are of all Persons, they say, the most inveterate.
1832 W. Irving Alhambra I. 6 Being a veteran and inveterate sportsman.
1859 W. Collins Queen of Hearts I. 4 He was an inveterate smoker.
B. n.
One who is confirmed in some (evil) habit; a confirmed or hardened offender.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > one who does something habitually > something reprehensible
inveterate1827
habitual1884
1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales (ed. 2) II. xiii. 286 You can make these inveterates work by no other plan.
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inveteratev.
/ɪnˈvɛtəreɪt/ Obsolete or archaic.
transitive. To render inveterate.
1. To make old; to establish or confirm by age or long continuance; to root or implant deeply; to render chronic; †also, to harden (the bowels); to render costive (obsolete).
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the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [verb (transitive)]
inveterate1574
over-year1574
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > do habitually [verb (transitive)] > render (a thing) habitual > make (a habit) inveterate
inveterate1574
to dye in (the) wool, in grain1579
enroot1596
irradicate1836
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > cause excretory disorder [verb (transitive)] > constipation
constipate1541
stop1542
inveterate1574
detain1580
bind1597
restringe1598
confine1870
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > do habitually [verb (transitive)] > accustom (a person) > inveterate
hardena1425
stew1604
flesh1661
inveterate1835
indurate1879
1574 T. Newton tr. G. Gratarolo Direct. Health Magistrates & Studentes 2 Although they [electuaries] doo purge, yet do they inveterate.
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii To make Olde, Antiquate, Inueterate.
a1626 F. Bacon Hist. Great Brit. An ancient tacit expectation which had by tradition been infused and inveterated into men's minds.
1749 H. Fielding Charge to Grand Jury 29 There are Evils..which have so inveterated themselves in the Blood of the Body Politic.
1835 R. W. Emerson Let. 12 Mar. in Corr. Emerson & Carlyle (1964) 119 Love his catholicism, that at his age can relish the Sartor, born and inveterated as he is in old books.
2. To render inveterate in enmity; to embitter.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > state of bitter and lasting mutual hostility > render inveterate in enmity [verb (transitive)]
inveterate1656
1656 J. Harrington Common-wealth of Oceana 256 It inveterated the bosoms of the Senate and the people each against other.
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