inveteration

English

Etymology

From Latin inveteratio.

Noun

inveteration (uncountable)

1. The act of making inveterate.
   • 1649, Thomas Johnson, he Workes of that Famous Chirurgion Ambrose Parey:

     the inveteration or continuance of the morbiſick cauſ

References

• “inveteration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• noniterative