All 3 Uses of
inveterate
in
The Divine Comedy -- translated by Cary
- Inveterate wolf! whose gorge ingluts more prey, Than every beast beside, yet is not fill'd!†
Canto 2.12-22 *
- Ye discern The heed, wherewith I do prepare myself To hearken; ye the doubt that urges me With such inveterate craving.†
Canto 3.12-22
- From behind the swine of St. Anthony, our Poet levels a blow at the object of his inveterate enmity, Boniface VIII, from whom, "in 1297, they obtained the dignity and privileges of an independent congregation."†
Canto 3.N
Definition:
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(inveterate) habitual; or something of long standing