inveteration

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noun

The act of making inveterate.

OriginLatin inveteratio →
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Meanings

nouninveteration (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe act of making inveterate.

    the inveteration or continuance of the morbiſick cauſ

    1649, Thomas Johnson, he Workes of that Famous Chirurgion Ambrose Parey

Origin

  1. Latininveteratio
  2. Englishinveteration

From Latin inveteratio.

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