[in-yoo
r, i-noor] 
verb, -ured, -ur⋅ing.| 1. | to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually fol. by to): inured to cold. |
| 2. | to come into use; take or have effect. |
| 3. | to become beneficial or advantageous. |
| in·ure also en·ure (ĭn-yŏŏr') tr.v. in·ured also en·ured, in·ur·ing also en·ur·ing, in·ures also en·ures To habituate to something undesirable, especially by prolonged subjection; accustom: "Though the food became no more palatable, he soon became sufficiently inured to it" (John Barth). [Middle English, back-formation from enured, customary, from in ure : in, in; see in1 + ure, use (from Old French euvre, uevre, work, from Latin opera, activity associated with work; see op- in Indo-European roots).] in·ure'ment n. |
