Definition of Inveterate

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Inveterate

Old; long-established.

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.

To fix and settle by long continuance.

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Inveterate Quotations

Hatred is inveterate anger.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.
George Santayana

A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.
Washington Irving

I've been an inveterate reader of literary magazines since I was a teenager. There are always discoveries. You're sitting in your easy chair, reading; you realize you've read a story or a group of poems four times, and you know, Yes, I want to go farther with this writer.
Marilyn Hacker

This great, though disastrous, culture can only change as we begin to stand off and see... the inveterate materialism which has become the model for cultures around the world.
Arthur Erickson

I'm an inveterate fox and not a hedgehog, so I always think you should try everything.
Clifford Geertz

Americans cannot realize how many chances for mental improvement they lose by their inveterate habit of keeping six conversations when there are twelve in the room.
Ernest Dimnet

Inveterate Translations

inveterate in Norwegian is inngrodd
inveterate in Spanish is inveterado
inveterate in Swedish is ingrodd, inrotad, inbiten

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