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indurate

in·du·rate

UK/ɪnˈdjʊɹət/ uncommon

adjective

1.

emotionally hardened

  • “a callous indifference to suffering”
  • “cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion”

verb

1.

become fixed or established

  • “indurated customs”
2.

make hard or harder

  • “The cold hardened the butter”
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3.

become hard or harder

  • “The wax hardened”
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4.

cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate

  • “He was inured to the cold”
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