indurate
to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.: Cold indurates the soil.
to make callous, stubborn, or unfeeling: transgressions that indurate the heart.
to become hard; harden.
to become established or confirmed.
Origin of indurate
1Other words from indurate
- non·in·du·rat·ed, adjective
- sem·i-in·du·rate, adjective
- sem·i-in·du·rat·ed, adjective
- un·in·du·rate, adjective
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How to use indurate in a sentence
This occasioned severe punishment; and the hearts of their masters being indurated by habit, it often led to acts of barbarity.
Newton Forster | Captain Frederick MarryatAnyway, "Beans" seems to have suffered no inconvenience from having swallowed that indurated knob of gutta percha.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthurWhen this takes place, the rending of the indurated soil is sudden and violent, as if from the shock of an earthquake.
The Desert World | Arthur ManginThe rocks composing the channel of the river at the crossing place, were of indurated clay.
They all seemed231 hearty and healthy, and their indurated hands were the best diploma of their industry.
Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I | Karl Ritter von Scherzer
British Dictionary definitions for indurate
/ rare /
to make or become hard or callous
to make or become hardy
hardened, callous, or unfeeling
Origin of indurate
1Derived forms of indurate
- induration, noun
- indurative, adjective
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