INVETERATE


Meaning of INVETERATE in English

I. -rə̇t, usu -rə̇d.+V adjective

Etymology: Latin inveteratus, past participle of inveterare to make old, to age, from in- in- (II) + veter-, vetus old — more at wether

1. archaic : obstinately prejudiced or antagonistic : biased , hostile

felt inveterate against him — Charles Dickens

2.

a. : continuous , recurrent , chronic

inveterate bursitis

b. : deep-rooted or widely accepted : ingrained , established

inveterate tendency to naturalize foreign words — George Woodcock

supported by precedent so inveterate that the chance of abandonment is small — B.N.Cardozo

inveterate and skillful biographer — Marvin Lowenthal

c. : stubbornly inflexible : adamant , obstinate

inveterate prejudice

his inveterate demand for the imposition of a severe discipline — C.I.Glicksberg

d. : long-lasting : persistent

the inveterate smell of ether in a hospital

3. obsolete : of an advanced age : ancient

rotten wood … taken out of an inveterate willow tree — John Evelyn

4. : fixed by long habit or usage : confirmed , habitual

inveterate sightseers — Astrid Peters

an inveterate love of alcohol — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall

the punishment for inveterate idleness was a whipping on the bare back — W.E.Woodward

Synonyms:

chronic , confirmed , deep-rooted , deep-seated : inveterate suggests resolute persistence in an idea or attitude making change or moderation impossible or most unlikely

Frenchmen do not crave a master … the average Frenchman is probably the world's most inveterate individualist — Christian Century

inveterate habits of animistic thinking — Lewis Mumford

the inveterate hostility of “creative” writers to criticism — P.E.More

chronic implies long continuation or frequent recurrence of a usually detrimental condition or trait but lacks the suggestion of determination that may accompany inveterate

his chronic state of mental restlessness — George Eliot

envy and rebellion and class resentments are chronic moral diseases with us — G.B.Shaw

the total lack of adequate means of transportation rendered the problem of a grain market a chronic difficulty to the frontier farmers — V.L.Parrington

confirmed suggests a pattern that has become fixed by habit or usage

I am a confirmed wanderer — Isaac D'Israeli

a confirmed bachelor

his intense egoism rendered him impatient of all reproof or instruction and … he soon became a victim of confirmed mannerisms — Nation

deep-rooted and deep-seated in general refer to qualities so deeply engrained that they have become part of the core of personal character, or to conditions of deep significance and lasting endurance

Lincoln had a deep-rooted aversion to slavery

the deep-rooted causes of Indian discontent — Current History

the conviction of Thomas Aquinas, that between true science and true religion there can be no contradiction, is exceedingly deep-seated — J.H.Randall

deep-seated sources of cultural antipathy between Asia and the U.S. — M.W.Straight

II. -ved.əˌrāt transitive verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: Latin inveteratus, past participle of inveterare

archaic : to establish firmly : root deeply : confirm

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.