indurate
to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.: Cold indurates the soil.
to make callous, stubborn, or unfeeling: transgressions that indurate the heart.
to become hard; harden.
to become established or confirmed.
Origin of indurate
1Other words from indurate
- non·in·du·rat·ed, adjective
- sem·i-in·du·rate, adjective
- sem·i-in·du·rat·ed, adjective
- un·in·du·rate, adjective
Words Nearby indurate
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How to use indurate in a sentence
Pick up again his indurate book, Dreams from My Father, and see the harsh truth.
Even where there is no plastering, the tattooing may be found to indurate the skin, and to render it less sensible to cold.
John Rutherford, the White Chief | George Lillie CraikA thousand years after your body has returned to dust, that piece of indurate will still exist, unchanged, unworn.
The Long Voyage | Carl Richard JacobiGaneth-Klae designed it just before he disappeared, using the last lot of indurate in existence.
The Long Voyage | Carl Richard JacobiHe used the last lot of indurate to make that booster, a device which he said would increase our take-off speed.
The Long Voyage | Carl Richard Jacobi
Stark and indurate like an Adirondack meadow enameled with trap rock, he plodded rigidly on.
The Army Mule and Other War Sketches | Henry A. Castle
British Dictionary definitions for indurate
/ rare /
to make or become hard or callous
to make or become hardy
hardened, callous, or unfeeling
Origin of indurate
1Derived forms of indurate
- induration, noun
- indurative, adjective
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