in·du·rate
[v. in-doo-reyt, -dyoo-; adj. in-doo-rit, -dyoo-; in-doo
r-it, -dyoor-] verb, in·du·rat·ed, in·du·rat·ing, adjective verb (used with object)
1.
to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.: Cold indurates the soil.
2.
to make callous, stubborn, or unfeeling: transgressions that indurate the heart.
3.
to inure; accustom: to indurate oneself to privation and suffering.
4.
to make enduring; confirm; establish: to indurate custom through practice.
verb (used without object)
5.
to become hard; harden.
6.
to become established or confirmed.
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7.
hardened; unfeeling; callous; inured.
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| indurate | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make or become hard or callous |
| 2. | to make or become hardy |
| —adj | |
| 3. | hardened, callous, or unfeeling |
| [C16: from Latin indūrāre to make hard; see | |
| indu'ration | |
| —n | |
| 'indurative | |
| —adj | |
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