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in·du·rate
(ĭn′də-rāt′, -dyə-)v. in·du·rat·ed, in·du·rat·ing, in·du·rates
v.tr.
1. To make hard; harden: soil that had been indurated by extremes of climate.
2. To inure, as to hardship or ridicule.
3. To make callous or obdurate: "It is the curse of revolutionary calamities to indurate the heart" (Helen Maria Williams).
v.intr.
1. To grow hard; harden.
2. To become firmly fixed or established.
adj. (ĭn′do͝o-rĭt, -dyə-)
Hardened; obstinate; unfeeling.
[Latin indūrāre, indūrāt- : in-, intensive pref.; see in-2 + dūrus, hard; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]
in′du·ra′tive adj.
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indurate
vb
1. to make or become hard or callous
2. to make or become hardy
adj
hardened, callous, or unfeeling
[C16: from Latin indūrāre to make hard; see endure]
ˌinduˈration n
ˈinduˌrative adj
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in•du•rate
(v. ˈɪn dʊˌreɪt, -dyʊ-; adj. ˈɪn dʊ rɪt, -dyʊ-; ɪnˈdʊər ɪt, -ˈdyʊər-)v. -rat•ed, -rat•ing,
adj. v.t.
1. to make hard; harden: Pressure and heat indurate the rock.
2. to make callous, stubborn, or unfeeling.
3. to inure; accustom.
4. to make enduring; establish.
v.i. 5. to become hard.
6. to become established.
adj. 7. hardened; unfeeling.
[1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin indūrāre to harden =in- in-2 + dūrāre, v. derivative of dūrūs hard]
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indurate
Past participle: indurated
Gerund: indurating
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| Verb | 1. | indurate - become fixed or established; "indurated customs" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| 2. | indurate - make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" face-harden - harden steel by adding carbon callus - cause a callus to form on; "The long march had callused his feet" | |
| 3. | indurate - become hard or harder; "The wax hardened" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" callus - form a callus or calluses; "His foot callused" calcify - become impregnated with calcium salts cure - make (substances) hard and improve their usability; "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap" | |
| 4. | indurate - cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold" brace oneself for, prepare for, steel oneself against, steel onself for - prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant | |
| Adj. | 1. | indurate - emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion" insensitive - deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients" |
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indurate
verb2. To make resistant to hardship, especially through continued exposure:
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