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Verb: indurate  'in-d(y)u,reyt
  1. Become hard or harder
    "The cement began to indurate";
    - harden
     
  2. Make hard or harder
    "The sun indurated the clay";
    - harden
     
  3. To accustom or habituate to something difficult or unpleasant
    "The harsh training indurated the soldiers to combat conditions";
    - inure, harden, enure
     
  4. Become fixed or established
    "indurated customs"
Adjective: indurate  'in-d(y)u,reyt
  1. Emotionally hardened
    "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion";
    - callous, pachydermatous

Derived forms: indurating, indurates, indurated

See also: insensitive

Type of: accustom, change, habituate

Encyclopedia: Indurate