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1. (v.t.) indurate
to make hard; harden:
Pressure and heat indurate the rock.
2. indurate
to make callous, stubborn, or unfeeling.
3. indurate
to inure; accustom.
4. indurate
to make enduring; establish.
5. (v.i.) indurate
to become hard.
6. indurate
to become established.
7. (adj.) indurate
hardened; unfeeling.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME < L indūrāre to harden =in-in-2+dūrāre, v. der. of dūrūs hard)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) callous, indurate, pachydermatous
emotionally hardened
"a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion"
2. (verb) indurate
become fixed or established
"indurated customs"
3. (verb) harden, indurate
make hard or harder
"The cold hardened the butter"
4. (verb) harden, indurate
become hard or harder
"The wax hardened"
5. (verb) inure, harden, indurate
cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
"He was inured to the cold"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) indurate
hardened; not soft; indurated
2. (adj) indurate
without sensibility; unfeeling; obdurate
3. (verb) indurate
to make hard; as, extreme heat indurates clay; some fossils are indurated by exposure to the air
4. (verb) indurate
to make unfeeling; to deprive of sensibility; to render obdurate
5. (verb) indurate
to grow hard; to harden, or become hard; as, clay indurates by drying, and by heat
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