GRANDFATHERED

Verb

grandfathered

simple past tense and past participle of grandfather

Source: Wiktionary


GRANDFATHER

Grand"fa"ther, n.

Definition: A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent. Grandfather longlegs. (Zoöl.) See Dady longlegs.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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HABIT

(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”


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