inure
Use Inure in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to ): inured to cold.
verb (used without object)
2.
to come into use; take or have effect.
3.
to become beneficial or advantageous.
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| —vb (often foll by to) | |
| 1. | to cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate |
| 2. | (intr) (esp of a law, etc) to come into operation; take effect |
| [C15 enuren to accustom, from ure use, from Old French euvre custom, work, from Latin opera works, plural of opus] | |
| enure or enure | |
| —vb | |
| [C15 enuren to accustom, from ure use, from Old French euvre custom, work, from Latin opera works, plural of opus] | |
| inuredness or enure | |
| —n | |
| enuredness or enure | |
| —n | |
| in'urement or enure | |
| —n | |
| en'urement or enure | |
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Word Origin & History
inure
c.1420, in ure "in practice," from obsolete ure "work, practice, exercise, use," probably from O.Fr. uevre, oeuvre "work," from L. opera (see opus).
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Example sentences
No part of the net proceeds can inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or member of the permittee.
One option for dealing with this is to tighten our borders and inure ourselves to the exiles' cries for help.
No part of an organization's net earnings may inure to the benefit of an insider.
The income or benefit from the operation must not inure to any individual or private shareholder, directly or indirectly.
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