Inveterate Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Inveterate has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Adjective · Adverb

Definitions

Verb

1

To fix and settle after a long time; to entrench.

Adjective

1

habitual

"a chronic smoker"

chronic inveterate

2

firmly established from having been around for a long time; of long standing

Adverb

1

in a habitual and longstanding manner

"smoking chronically"

chronically inveterate

See Also

standing chronic bred in bone inveterates long inveteracy malignant rancor

Related Terms

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Rhyming Words

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