indurate

in·du·rate

transitive verb

-·rat·ed, -·rat·ing

to make hard; harden
to make callous, unfeeling, or stubborn
to cause to be firmly established

Origin of indurate

from Classical Latin induratus, past participle of indurare, to make hard from in-, in + durare, to harden from durus, hard: see durable

to become indurated

Now Rare hardened
made callous, unfeeling, or stubborn

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indurate

verb

in·du·rat·ed, in·du·rat·ing, in·du·rates

verb

transitive

To make hard; harden: soil that had been indurated by extremes of climate.
To inure, as to hardship or ridicule.
To make callous or obdurate: “It is the curse of revolutionary calamities to indurate the heart” ( Helen Maria Williams )

verb

intransitive

To grow hard; harden.
To become firmly fixed or established.

adjective

Hardened; obstinate; unfeeling.

Origin of indurate

Latin indūrāre indūrāt- in- intensive pref. ; see in- ². dūrus hard ; see deru- in Indo-European roots.

Related Forms:

in′du·ra′tive
adjective

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