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Inveteracy Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Inveteracy? Synonyms \| Synonyms for Inveteracy: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Inveteracy: abidingness \| aboriginality \| accustomedness \| age \| ancien regime \| ancientness \| antiquity \| atavism \| changelessness \| cobwebs of antiquity \| commonness \| confirmation \| confirmedness \| constancy \| customariness \| deep-rootedness \| deep-seatedness \| durability \| durableness \| duration \| dust of ages \| eld \| elderliness \| eldership \| embedment \| endurance \| entrenchment \| establishment \| firmness \| fixation \| fixedness \| fixity \| fixture \| frozenness \| great age \| habitualness \| hardening \| hoary age \| hoary eld \| immobility \| immovability \| immovableness \| immutability \| implantation \| infixion \| invariability \| invariableness \| inveterateness \| lastingness \| long standing \| old age \| old order \| old style \| oldness \| permanence \| permanency \| perpetualness \| persistence \| persistency \| prevalence \| primitiveness \| primogeniture \| primordialism \| primordiality \| quiescence \| rigidity \| senility \| seniority \| settledness \| solidity \| stability \| stabilization \| standing \| stasis \| steadfastness \| torpor \| unchangeability \| unchangingness \| venerableness \| wontedness See Also \| Inveteracy In Webster's Dictionary \Invet"era*cy\, n. [From {Inveterate}.] 1. Firm establishment by long continuance; firmness or deep-rooted obstinacy of any quality or state acquired by time; as, the inveteracy of custom, habit, or disease; -- usually in a bad sense; as, the inveteracy of prejudice or of error. An inveteracy of evil habits that will prompt him to contract more. --A. Tucker. 2. Malignity; spitefulness; virulency. The rancor of pamphlets, the inveteracy of epigrams, an the mortification of lampoons. --Guardian.

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\In*vet"er*a*cy\, n. [From {Inveterate}.]
1. Firm establishment by long continuance; firmness or
   deep-rooted obstinacy of any quality or state acquired by
   time; as, the inveteracy of custom, habit, or disease; --
   usually in a bad sense; as, the inveteracy of prejudice or
   of error.

         An inveteracy of evil habits that will prompt him to
         contract more.                        --A. Tucker.

2. Malignity; spitefulness; virulency.

         The rancor of pamphlets, the inveteracy of epigrams,
         an the mortification of lampoons.     --Guardian.

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