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• inveterate — inveterate, confirmed, chronic, deep seated, deep rooted are comparable when meaning so firmly established or settled that change is almost impossible. Inveterate applies especially to something which has persisted so long and so obstinately that …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• con|firm´ed|ness — con|firmed «kuhn FURMD», adjective. 1. firmly established; proved: »a confirmed rumor. 2. a) constant or habitual; settled: »a confirmed smoker. SYNONYM(S): inveterate. b) permanent; chronic: »a confirmed bachelor, a confirmed invalid. 3 …   Useful english dictionary

• con|firm´ed|ly — con|firmed «kuhn FURMD», adjective. 1. firmly established; proved: »a confirmed rumor. 2. a) constant or habitual; settled: »a confirmed smoker. SYNONYM(S): inveterate. b) permanent; chronic: »a confirmed bachelor, a confirmed invalid. 3 …   Useful english dictionary

• con|firmed — «kuhn FURMD», adjective. 1. firmly established; proved: »a confirmed rumor. 2. a) constant or habitual; settled: »a confirmed smoker. SYNONYM(S): inveterate. b) permanent; chronic: »a confirmed bachelor, a confirmed invalid. 3 …   Useful english dictionary

• Darwin from Descent of Man to Emotions — The life and work of Darwin from Descent of Man to Emotions during the period from 1868 to 1872 continued with aspects of Charles Darwin s intended Big Book on evolution through natural selection. He had by then hurriedly published an abstract of …   Wikipedia

• Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury — (26 February 1671 – 4 February 1713) was an English politician, philosopher and writer. Contents …   Wikipedia

• Sara Coleridge — Born 23 December 1802(1802 12 23) Keswick, Cumberland, England Died 3 May 1852(185 …   Wikipedia

• James Hain Friswell — (May 8,1825 ndash;March 12, 1878) was an English essayist and novelist. He was born at Newport, Shropshire, son of William Friswell, of 93 Wimpole Street, London, attorney at law, and educated at Apsley School, near Woburn, Bedfordshire. He was… …   Wikipedia

• rheumatism — noun a) Any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability. , The old man had become a confirmed invalid, confined by chronic rheumatism to his chair. mdash; b) atrophic arthritis …   Wiktionary

• Maxwell Gray — Mary Gleed Tuttiett Maxwell Gray in Book News 1894 Born 11 December 1846(1846 12 11) Newport, Isle of Wight, England Died 21 Sept …   Wikipedia

• COMBE, ANDREW, M.D. —    a physician and physiologist, born in Edinburgh; studied under Spurzheim in Edinburgh and Paris, but on his return to his native city was seized with pulmonary consumption, which rendered him a confirmed invalid, so that he had to spend his… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia