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    [Adjective]  | "in*vet*er*ate" | \ in-ˈve-t(ə-)rət \


    1: confirmed in a habit : habitual

    2: firmly established by long persistence


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English, from Latin inveteratus, from past participle of inveterare to age (transitive verb), from in- + veter-, vetus old {mat|wether|};

    [Adjective]  | "inveterate" 


    1: firmly established over time;


      * e.g., " ... he has an inveterate tendency to tell some very tall tales "



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    2: being such by habit and not likely to change;


      * e.g., " ... the man is an inveterate liar who only rarely tells the truth "



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