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indurated
in·du·rate I0115600 (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.Translationsindurated
in·du·rat·ed (in'dū-rāt'ĕd), Hardened, usually used with reference to soft tissues becoming extremely firm but not as hard as bone. [L. in-duro, pp. -duratus, to harden, fr. durus, hard] in·du·rat·ed (in'dūr-ā-tĕd) Hardened, generally used with reference to soft tissues becoming extremely firm but not as hard as bone. [L. in-duro, pp. -duratus, to harden, fr. durus, hard]indurated toughened and hardened.ThesaurusSeeindurate |