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Webster 1913 Edition
Inveteracy
1.
Firm establishment by long continuance; firmness or deep-rooted obstinacy of any quality or state acquired by time;
as, the
; – usually in a bad sense; inveteracy
of custom, habit, or diseaseas, the
. inveteracy
of prejudice or of errorAn
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, and the mortification of lampoons. Guardian.
Webster 1828 Edition
Inveteracy
INVET'ERACY
,Noun.
Long continuance, or the firmness or deep rooted obstinacy of any quality or state acquired by time; as the inveteracy of custom and habit; usually or always applied in a bad sense; as the inveteracy of prejudice, of error, or of any evil habit.