单词 | indurate |
释义 | indurate v. /in"doo rayt', -dyoo-/; adj. /in"doo rit, -dyoo-; in door"it, -dyoor"-/, v. , indurated, indurating, adj. v.t. 1. to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.: Cold indurates the soil. 2. to make callous, stubborn, or unfeeling: transgressions that indurate the heart. 3. to inure; accustom: to indurate oneself to privation and suffering. 4. to make enduring; confirm; establish: to indurate custom through practice. v.i. 5. to become hard; harden. 6. to become established or confirmed. adj. 7. hardened; unfeeling; callous; inured. [1375-1425; late ME indurat < L induratus ptp. of indurare to harden. See IN-2, DURE1, -ATE1] |
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