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单词 veterate
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veterateadj.

Brit. /ˈvɛt(ə)rət/, U.S. /ˈvɛdərət/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin veterātus.
Etymology: < classical Latin veterātus having suffered the effects of time, old < veter- , vetus old (see veteran n. and adj.) + -ātus -ate suffix2. Compare earlier inveterate adj.
Now rare.
1. Of long standing; chronic; inveterate.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring > of long standing
longOE
oldOE
veterate?1541
long-rooted1562
of long standinga1568
old-standinga1627
veteran1648
long-running1651
long-standing1655
old-established1776
long-breathed1816
long-time1851
?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Giijv, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens Seing yt he made no mention of veterate vlceres [Fr. des ulceres inueteres].
1562 W. Bullein Bk. Use Sicke Men f. xlixv, in Bulwarke of Defence My sicknesse is so veterate and olde, that the aire was unsufficient to bee my helpe.
1624 J. Vicars tr. G. Goodwin Babels Balm 108 That Catacath'licke Popes might place Romes Cacolike Religion base. Religion, veterate, false, ill-bred, Past all Hels Spels that er'e I read.
1680 E. Borlase Hist. Execrable Irish Rebellion 101 The Scots General..in the North, who with the recent and veterate Soldiers made up 20000, did little.
1883 Oxf. Mag. 14 Feb. 74/1 The ‘standard’ goes up year by year, and the veterate upholders of existing abuses glory in this as a sign of progress.
1989 A. Solini Atlas Automated Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy The picture indicates a veterate extruded disc, associated with degenerative phenomena in the somatic plate.
2. Having the authority of age or antiquity. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > and worthy of respect
oldlyOE
veterate1565
venerable1610
age-honoured?a1616
time-honoured1821
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > quality of inspiring reverence > [adjective] > on account of age or antiquity
venerable?a1500
veterate1565
time-honoured1597
1565 J. Hall Hist. Expost. in tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. sig. Ccciiij I haue thought good to gather the councels, and good documentes, of dyuers good and veterate authores.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

veteratev.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin veterat-, veterare.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin veterat-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix3) of veterare to make old (Vetus Latina, Vulgate), (passive) to grow old (4th cent.) < classical Latin veter- , vetus old (see veteran n.). Compare earlier veterate adj., veterated adj.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To grow old; to age.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > be or seem old [verb (intransitive)] > grow old
oldeOE
eldc1175
to fall in (also to) agea1398
forlive1398
hoara1420
runa1425
age1440
veterate1623
senesce1656
olden1700
wane1821
to get on in years1822
senilize1841
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i. sig. L3/1 Veterate, to wax old.
1646 T. Lushington Crell's Expiation of Sinner i. 12 The attribute of a garment, which is to veterate and wax old, is by a Metaphor fitly applyed to the heavens.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.?1541v.1623
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