inure
[in-yoo r, ih-noo r]
- to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to): inured to cold.
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- to come into use; take or have effect.
- to become beneficial or advantageous.
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Also enure.
Origin of inure
1480–90; v. use of phrase in ure, en ure in use, customary < Anglo-French en ure in use, at work, equivalent to en in + ure < Latin opera, plural of opus work; compare French oeuvre
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Historical Examples
He's going to live on deck to inure himself to the rigours of the Arctic climate.
The Trail of '98Robert W. Service
Uice where lawe is not to correcte, will inure itUice as a lawe by cu- stome.
A booke called the Foundacion of RhetorikeRichard Rainolde
They expect the folly of its leaders to inure to the benefit of the Whigs.
Letters and Literary Memorials of Samuel J. Tilden, v. 1Samuel J. Tilden
The better to inure him to it, he was never allowed to be sober for a moment.
Pretty MichalMr Jkai
She found, however, that it was one to which she must inure herself.
PersuasionJane Austen
inure
enure
- (tr; often passive often foll by to) to cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
- (intr) (esp of a law, etc) to come into operation; take effect
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Word Origin
C15 enuren to accustom, from ure use, from Old French euvre custom, work, from Latin opera works, plural of opus
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Word Origin and History for inure
v.
early 15c., in ure "in practice," from obsolete ure "work, practice, exercise, use," probably from Old French uevre, oeuvre "work," from Latin opera (see opus). Related: Inured; inuring.
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