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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
abiding, accustomed, acknowledged, addicted, admitted, age-long, aged, ancient, antique, chronic, confirmed, constant, continuing, conventional, customary, deep-dyed, deep-engraven, deep-fixed, deep-grounded, deep-laid, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deep-set, deep-settled, diuturnal, durable, dyed-in-the-wool, embedded, embossed, enduring, engrafted, engraved, entrenched, established, etched, evergreen, fast, firmly established, fixed, folk, graven, habitual, habituated, hallowed, handed down, hardened, hardy, heroic, hoary, immemorial, immutable, implanted, impressed, imprinted, inbred, incorrigible, inculcated, indelibly impressed, indurated, infixed, ingrained, ingrown, innate, instilled, intransient, inwrought, irreversible, lasting, legendary, lifelong, long-established, long-lasting, long-lived, long-standing, long-term, longeval, longevous, macrobiotic, mythological, of long duration, of long standing, of the folk, old, old-line, on a rock, on bedrock, oral, perdurable, perduring, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, persisting, prescriptive, received, recognized, remaining, rooted, sempervirent, set, settled, settled in habit, stabilized, stable, staying, steadfast, sworn, thorough, time-honored, tough, traditional, tried and true, true-blue, understood, unfading, unwritten, usual, venerable, vested, vital, well-established, well-founded, well-grounded, well-set, well-settled, worshipful
Dictionary Results for inveterate:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
inveterate
    adv 1: in a habitual and longstanding manner; "smoking
           chronically" [syn: chronically, inveterate]
    adj 1: habitual; "a chronic smoker" [syn: chronic,
           inveterate]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Inveterate \In*vet"er*ate\, a. [L. inveteratus, p. p. of
   inveterare to render old; pref. in- in + vetus, veteris, old.
   See Veteran.]
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   1. Old; long-established. [Obs.]
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            It is an inveterate and received opinion. --Bacon.
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   2. Firmly established by long continuance; obstinate;
      deep-rooted; of long standing; as, an inveterate disease;
      an inveterate abuse.
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            Heal the inveterate canker of one wound. --Shak.
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   3. Having habits fixed by long continuance; confirmed;
      habitual; as, an inveterate idler or smoker.
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   4. Malignant; virulent; spiteful. --H. Brooke.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Inveterate \In*vet"er*ate\, v. t.
   To fix and settle by long continuance. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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