单词 | inveteration |
释义 | † inveterationn. Obsolete. rare. The action of rendering, or process of becoming, inveterate. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > rendering old inveterationa1631 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > accustomedness > action or fact of accustoming > making or becoming inveterate inveterationa1631 a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 275 Inveteraverunt Ossa, My bones waxed old..he confesses the reason from whence this inveteration in his bones, and this incineration in his body proceeded. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Inveteration, a growing into Use by long Custom. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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