† inveteredadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Grown old; = inveterate adj. 1.
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oldeOE
eldeda1400
antique1490
invetered1490
prisk1533
grey-headed1578
ancient1579
hoar1590
inveterated1597
antiquated1598
inveterate1598
long-dated1602
avital1611
vetust1623
old-standinga1627
grey-haired1637
superannuateda1644
avitous1731
old-established1776
venerable1792
timeworn1840
inworn1864
avitic1865
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxii. 78 A grete oke tre antyque & in-uetered of many yeres among the grete stones harde strongely roted.
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adj.1490- to pass out of
- to pass out of mind
- to pass out of sight
- to pass out of this world
- to pass over
- to pass over head
- to pass over in silence
- to pass over something in silence
- to pass over to the majority
- to pass over with silence
- to pass quit
- to pass round the hat
- to pass someone in
- to pass something in silence
- to pass something with silence
- to pass sub silentio
- to pass terms
- to pass the bottle of smoke
- to pass the buck
- to pass the buck to
- to pass the compliments of the day
- to pass the gantlope
- to pass the ghost
- to pass the lips
- to pass the mark