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Inure is defined as to make someone accustomed to a bad situation.

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An example of inure is when the excessive rain in Seattle makes people accustomed to rain.

See inure in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to make accustomed to something difficult, painful, etc.; habituate

Origin: ME (in pp. enured) < in ure, in practice < in, in + ure, practice, work < OFr eure, ovre < L opera, work: see opera

intransitive verb

to come into use or take effect: sick pay inures from the first day of illness

Related Forms:

inurement noun

See inure in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also en·ure

transitive verb in·ured also en·ured, in·ur·ing also en·ur·ing, in·ures also en·ures

To habituate to something undesirable, especially by prolonged subjection; accustom: “Though the food became no more palatable, he soon became sufficiently inured to it” (John Barth).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , back-formation from enured, customary

Origin: , from in ure

Origin: : in, in; see in¹

Origin: + ure, use (from Old French euvre, uevre, work, from Latin opera, activity associated with work; see op- in Indo-European roots)

Related Forms:

in·ureˈment noun

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