inworn, ppl. a.
[in adv. 11 b.]
a. pa. pple. of wear in: Worn or pressed in. b. as a. Inveterate.
| 1641 Milton Ch. Govt. ii. i, That whatever faultines was but superficial to Prelaty at the beginning, is..long since branded and inworn into the very essence therof. 1864 Pusey Lect. Daniel vii. 447 Following the old and inworn error of his race. |