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inveteration

inveteration noun: the act of making inveterate.

Noun

inveteration (uncountable)

  1. The act of making inveterate.
    • the inveteration or continuance of the morbiſick cauſ1649, Thomas Johnson, he Workes of that Famous Chirurgion Ambrose Parey

Origin of inveteration

From Latin inveteratio.

Questions about inveteration

What does inveteration mean?
Inveteration means the act of making inveterate.
What part of speech is inveteration?
Inveteration is a noun.

Words near inveteration in the dictionary

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

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