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n. - hostility; prejudiced ill will

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  • The inveteracy of this custom may be inferred from the following incident: —
  • Pop-up large image the person the greater the inveteracy of these foes of Humane Nature.
  • Upon the whole, Madam, said I, can you say, that the inveteracy lies not as much on our side, as on his?
  • I dare say, Sir, such is the assurance of the man upon whom my unhappy destiny threw me; and such his inveteracy to my family,
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