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inveterates

inveterates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of inveterate.

Meaning of inveterate

Verb

inveterate (third-person singular simple present inveterates, present participle inveterating, simple past and past participle inveterated)

  1. (obsolete) To fix and settle after a long time; to entrench.
    • "the vulgar conceived that now there was an end given, and a consummation to superstitious prophecies, the belief of fools, but the talk sometimes of wise men, and to an ancient tacit expectation which had by tradition been infused and inveterated into men's minds."1622, Francis Bacon, The History of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh

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Questions about inveterates

What is inveterates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Inveterates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of inveterate.

Words near inveterates in the dictionary

  1. inveteracy
  2. inveterate
  3. inveterated
  4. inveterately
  5. inveterateness
  6. inveterates
  7. inveterating
  8. inveteration
  9. inveteratist
  10. inveteratists
  11. invex

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