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inveterated

inveterated adjective: no longer fresh or recent. Also the simple past and past participle of inveterate.

Adjective

inveterated (not comparable)

  1. No longer fresh or recent.
    • "... herb, and extr. bellad. aa. gr. 4, 2, 3, or 4 times a day, was generally successful, even in inveterated cases."1859, Emil Noeggerath, Contributions to midwifery, and diseases of women and children, page 361
    • "One case had to undergo re-operation because of severe subscapularis deficiency after repair of a complete, inveterated tear. "1996, C. Gerber et al., “Latissimus dorsi transfer for the treatment of irreparable tears of the rotator cuff”, in The Cuff, →ISBN, page 366

Also used as

inveterated is also the simple past and past participle of inveterate.

Questions about inveterated

What does inveterated mean?
Inveterated means no longer fresh or recent.
What part of speech is inveterated?
Inveterated is an adjective.

Words near inveterated in the dictionary

  1. investuring
  2. invet'rate
  3. inveteracies
  4. inveteracy
  5. inveterate
  6. inveterated
  7. inveterately
  8. inveterateness
  9. inveterates
  10. inveterating
  11. inveteration

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