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Indurate

//ɪnˈdjʊɹeɪt// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Hardened.

    "The doctor removed a lot of indurate skin from his wound."

  2. 2
    Obstinate, unfeeling, callous.

    "Now are they indurate ⁊ tough as Pharao ⁊ will not bow vnto any ryghte waie oꝛ oꝛdꝛe."

Adjective
  1. 1
    emotionally hardened wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To harden or to grow hard.

    "The ear, small and shapely, the arch of the foot, the curve in mouth and nostril, even the indurated hand dyed to the orange-tawny of the toucan's bill, a hand telling alike of the halyards and tar-bucket […] all this strangely indicated a lineage in direct contradiction to his lot."

  2. 2
    cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate wordnet
  3. 3
    To make callous or unfeeling.

    "Oh, no ! it is the curse of revolutionary calamities to indurate the heart — the revolutionary impulse is too swift to admit of a pause at the sight of individual misery — the tempest is too loud to hear the wailings of the wretch that perishes beneath its billows […]"

  4. 4
    become hard or harder wordnet
  5. 5
    To inure; to strengthen; to make hardy or robust.

    "The afternoon was not particularly warm: our noses and eyes were running; his were dry. He was evidently indurated against natural hardships."

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  1. 6
    make hard or harder wordnet
  2. 7
    become fixed or established wordnet

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