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obdured, ppl. a. Now rare or Obs.
(əbˈdjʊəd, poet. əbˈdjʊərɪd)
[pa. pple. of prec. vb., after L. obdūrātus obdurate.]
1. = obdurate a. 1.
1585Jas. I. Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 53 To ignorants obdurde, quhair wilful errour lyis. a1619M. Fotherby Atheom. i. xv. §2 (1622) 154 A notable mirrour of obdured vngodlinesse. 1649Bp. Hall Cases Consc. iii. ix. (1654) 252 Denouncing judgement to the unbeleeving and obdured sinner. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 568 Arm th' obdured brest With stubborn patience as with triple steel. 1830Carlyle Richter in Misc. Ess. (1872) III. 40 A man with such obdured Stoicism like triple steel round his breast.
†2. = obdurate a. 2. rare.
1619H. Hutton Follie's Anat. (Percy Soc.) 9, I could..Reade them a lecture should their vice imprint With sable lines in the obdured flint.
Hence † obˈduredness, obdurateness.
1633Bp. Hall Hard Texts, N.T. 183 With further obdurednesse of heart. a1656― Specialities Life Rem. Wks. (1660) 13 The obduredness and hopeless condition of that man. 1652Urquhart Jewel Wks. (1834) 180 Their implacable obduredness, and unreclaimability of nature. |