indurate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
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to become hard; harden.
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to become established or confirmed.
adjective
verb
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to make or become hard or callous
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to make or become hardy
adjective
Other Word Forms
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
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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
When indurate Premier Poincare came into office, international conferences went out of fashion.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
The lessons of adversity sometimes soften and ——, but as often they indurate and pervert.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
But now!—ask me not how I feel, in thinking of the person who has touched my indurate heart.
From The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier by Cooke, John Esten
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