The Only Use of
inveterate
in
Wuthering Heights
- In that manner Hareton, who should now be the first gentleman in the neighbourhood, was reduced to a state of complete dependence on his father's inveterate enemy; and lives in his own house as a servant, deprived of the advantage of wages: quite unable to right himself, because of his friendlessness, and his ignorance that he has been wronged.†
Chpt 17
Definition:
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(inveterate) habitual; or something of long standing