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Inveteracy

Inveteracy Meaning & Definition
Inveteracy Definition And Meaning

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Inveteracy In Webster's Dictionary

\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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