hard-enable

verb (used with object)

to make hard or harder: to harden steel.

to make pitiless or unfeeling: to harden one's heart.

to make rigid or unyielding; stiffen: The rigors of poverty hardened his personality.

to strengthen or confirm, especially with reference to character, intentions, feelings, etc.; reinforce.

to make hardy, robust, or capable of endurance; toughen.

Military. to reinforce the structure of (a military or strategic installation) to protect it from nuclear bombardment.

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verb (used without object)

to become hard or harder.

to become pitiless or unfeeling.

to become rigid or unyielding; stiffen: His personality hardened over the years.

10.

to become confirmed or strengthened: His resistance hardened.

11.

to become inured or toughened: The troops hardened under constant fire.

12.

Commerce.

to cease to fluctuate; firm: When the speculators withdrew from the market, the prices hardened.

to rise higher.

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Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English; see hard, -en¹

Related forms

hard·en·a·ble, adjective

hard·en·a·bil·i·ty, noun

o·ver·hard·en, verb

pre·hard·en, verb (used with object)

re·hard·en, verb

un·hard·en, verb (used with object)

un·hard·en·a·ble, adjective

Synonyms
1. solidify, indurate; petrify, ossify. 4. fortify, steel, brace, nerve.

Antonyms
1. soften. 4. weaken.

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harden¹ (ˈhɑːd^ən)

—vb
1.	to make or become hard or harder; freeze, stiffen, or set
2.	to make or become more hardy, tough, or unfeeling
3.	to make or become stronger or firmer: they hardened defences
4.	to make or become more resolute or set: hardened in his resolve
5.	(intr) commerce
	a. (of prices, a market, etc) to cease to fluctuate
	b. (of price) to rise higher

harden² (ˈhɑːd^ən)

—n
	a rough fabric made from hards

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