"inveterate" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈvɛtəɹɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inveterate.wav Forms: more inveterate [comparative], most inveterate [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛtəɹɪt Etymology: From Latin inveterātus (“of long standing, chronic”), form of inveterare, from in- (“in, into”) + veterare (“to age”), from vetus, genitive veteris (“old”). Cognate to Italian inveterato. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|inveterātus||of long standing, chronic}} Latin inveterātus (“of long standing, chronic”), {{cog|it|inveterato}} Italian inveterato Head templates: {{en-adj}} inveterate (comparative more inveterate, superlative most inveterate)
  1. firmly established from having been around for a long time; of long standing Categories (topical): Human behaviour Translations (firmly established): مُتَأَصِّل (mutaʔaṣṣil) (Arabic), مُتَوَاصِل (mutawāṣil) (Arabic), رَاسِخ (rāsiḵ) (Arabic), заклет (zaklet) (Bulgarian), закоравял (zakoravjal) (Bulgarian), inveterat (Catalan), zakořeněný (Czech), vžitý (Czech), chronisch (Dutch), invétéré (French), chronisch (German), tief verwurzelt (German), unüberwindbar (German), kustumala (Ido), ársanta (Irish), inveterato [masculine] (Italian), 根深い (nebukai) (Japanese), 根強い (neduyoi) (Japanese), 慢性の (mansei no) (Japanese), inveterātus (Latin), اسكی (eski) (Ottoman Turkish), zakorzeniony (Polish), inveterado (Portuguese), закорене́лый (zakorenélyj) (Russian), inrotad (Swedish), ingrodd (Swedish) Translations (whose habits are firmly established): عَرِيق (ʕarīq) (Arabic), مُدْمِن (mudmin) (Arabic), مُزْمِن (muzmin) (Arabic), закостенял (zakostenjal) (Bulgarian), inveterat (Catalan), notorický (Czech), nenapravitelný (Czech), verstokt (Dutch), invétéré (French), eingefleischt (German), unverbesserlich (German), doleigheasta (Irish), dobhogtha (Irish), inveterato [masculine] (Italian), incallito [masculine] (Italian), incorreggibile [masculine] (Italian), accanito [masculine] (Italian), recidivo [masculine] (Italian), 常習の (jōshū no) (Japanese), zakorzeniony (Polish), inveterado (Portuguese), закорене́лый (zakorenélyj) (Russian), заядлый (zajadlyj) (Russian), empedernido (Spanish), incorregible (Spanish), oförbätterlig (Swedish), inbiten (Swedish)
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  2. (of a person) Having had a habit for a long time Categories (topical): Human behaviour
    Sense id: en-inveterate-en-adj-kgnM8~GP Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 37 30 0 32
  3. Malignant; virulent; spiteful.
    Sense id: en-inveterate-en-adj-m9bPPnT9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: established, fixed Hyponyms: ineradicable Related terms: inveteracy, inveterately, innate, obstinate

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈvɛtəɹɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inveterate.wav Forms: inveterates [present, singular, third-person], inveterating [participle, present], inveterated [participle, past], inveterated [past]
Rhymes: -ɛtəɹɪt Etymology: From Latin inveterātus (“of long standing, chronic”), form of inveterare, from in- (“in, into”) + veterare (“to age”), from vetus, genitive veteris (“old”). Cognate to Italian inveterato. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|inveterātus||of long standing, chronic}} Latin inveterātus (“of long standing, chronic”), {{cog|it|inveterato}} Italian inveterato Head templates: {{en-verb}} inveterate (third-person singular simple present inveterates, present participle inveterating, simple past and past participle inveterated)
  1. (obsolete) To fix and settle after a long time; to entrench. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Human behaviour Derived forms: inveteration
    Sense id: en-inveterate-en-verb-Is27zt1W Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 37 30 0 32

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "incorreggibile"
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      "word": "مُزْمِن"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zakostenjal",
      "sense": "whose habits are firmly established",
      "word": "закостенял"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "whose habits are firmly established",
      "word": "inveterat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "whose habits are firmly established",
      "word": "notorický"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "whose habits are firmly established",
      "word": "nenapravitelný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "whose habits are firmly established",
      "word": "verstokt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "whose habits are firmly established",
      "word": "invétéré"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "whose habits are firmly established",
      "word": "eingefleischt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "whose habits are firmly established",
      "word": "unverbesserlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "whose habits are firmly established",
      "word": "doleigheasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "whose habits are firmly established",
      "word": "dobhogtha"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "whose habits are firmly established",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inveterato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "whose habits are firmly established",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "incallito"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "whose habits are firmly established",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "incorreggibile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "whose habits are firmly established",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "accanito"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "whose habits are firmly established",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "recidivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jōshū no",
      "sense": "whose habits are firmly established",
      "word": "常習の"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "whose habits are firmly established",
      "word": "zakorzeniony"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "whose habits are firmly established",
      "word": "inveterado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zakorenélyj",
      "sense": "whose habits are firmly established",
      "word": "закорене́лый"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zajadlyj",
      "sense": "whose habits are firmly established",
      "word": "заядлый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "whose habits are firmly established",
      "word": "empedernido"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "whose habits are firmly established",
      "word": "incorregible"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "whose habits are firmly established",
      "word": "oförbätterlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "whose habits are firmly established",
      "word": "inbiten"
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          "ref": "1622, Francis Bacon, The History of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh:",
          "text": "\"the vulgar conceived that now there was an end given, and a consummation to superstitious prophecies, the belief of fools, but the talk sometimes of wise men, and to an ancient tacit expectation which had by tradition been infused and inveterated into men's minds.\"",
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          "ref": "1640, Edward Dacres, translation of The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, Chapter XIX http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15772",
          "text": "\"none of these Princes do use to maintaine any armies together, which are annex'd and inveterated with the governments of the provinces, as were the armies of the Roman Empire. \""
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          "ref": "1851 January, author unknown, \"The Philosophy of the American Union, in The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, page 16",
          "text": "The foregoing elements of disunion are inveterated by the constituent formation of our national legislature. In the French chambers the members are all Frenchmen ; but our members of Congress are effectively Georgians, New-Yorkers, Carolinians, Pennsylvanians, &c."
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        "(obsolete) To fix and settle after a long time; to entrench."
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