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Meaning of 'indurate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Indurate [ a.]
- Hardened; not soft; indurated.
- Without sensibility; unfeeling; obdurate.
2 . Indurate [ v. i.]
- To grow hard; to harden, or become hard; as, clay indurates by drying, and by heat.
3 . Indurate [ v. t.]
- To make hard; as, extreme heat indurates clay; some fossils are indurated by exposure to the air.
- To make unfeeling; to deprive of sensibility; to render obdurate.

Meaning of 'indurate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . indurate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
Example in sentence:
  • He was inured to the cold
Meaning (2):
- become fixed or established
Example in sentence:
  • indurated customs
Meaning (3):
- make hard or harder
Example in sentence:
  • The cold hardened the butter
Meaning (4):
- become hard or harder
Example in sentence:
  • The wax hardened
5 . indurate [ s]
Meaning (5):
- emotionally hardened
Example in sentence:
  • a callous indifference to suffering;
  • cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion

Nearby Words:

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