indurate

American  

[in-doo-reyt, -dyoo-, in-doo-rit, -dyoo-, in-door-it, -dyoor-] / ˈɪn dʊˌreɪt, -dyʊ-, ˈɪn dʊ rɪt, -dyʊ-, ɪnˈdʊər ɪt, -ˈdyʊər- /

verb (used with object)

indurated, indurating

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.

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verb (used without object)

indurated, indurating

1. to become hard; harden.

2. to become established or confirmed.

adjective

1. hardened; unfeeling; callous; inured.

indurate British  

verb

1. to make or become hard or callous

2. to make or become hardy

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adjective

1. hardened, callous, or unfeeling

Other Word Forms

• induration
  noun
• indurative
  adjective
• nonindurated
  adjective
• semi-indurate
  adjective
• semi-indurated
  adjective
• unindurate
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of indurate

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English indurat, from Latin indūrātus, past participle of indūrāre “to harden”; see in- ², dure ¹, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

When lean years came, young Wallace studiously and scientifically applied himself to the task of inducing the indurate soil to yield him his livelihood.

From Time Magazine Archive

When indurate Premier Poincare came into office, international conferences went out of fashion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sometimes human beings do things that are too much for even the most indurate newsgatherers of the daily press to contemplate without shuddering.

From Time Magazine Archive

Underneath these coherent and indurate ledges the most valuble ores exist, but coal and fossils are searched for in vain.

From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2 by Various

Imogen was deaf to their expostulations, and indurate and callous as adamant to their persuasions.

From Imogen A Pastoral Romance by Godwin, William