inure to
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 | |
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| [C15 enuren to accustom, from ure use, from Old French euvre custom, work, from Latin opera works, plural of opus] | |
| inuredness or enure | |
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| enuredness or enure | |
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| in'urement or enure | |
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| 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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