About The Word Inure
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Inure
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What's The Definition Of Inure?
[v] cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Inure: harden | indurate Related Terms | Find terms related to Inure: acclimate | acclimatize | accommodate | accustom | adapt | adjust | break | break in | brutalize | callous | case harden | condition | confirm | discipline | domesticate | domesticize | establish | familiarize | fix | gentle | habituate | harden | housebreak | indurate | naturalize | orient | orientate | ossify | season | steel | tame | train | use | wont See Also | accustom | brace oneself for | callous | cauterise | cauterize | habituate | prepare for | steel oneself against | steel onself for Inure In Webster's Dictionary \In*ure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inured}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Inuring}.] [From pref. in- in + ure use, work. See {Ure}
use, practice, {Opera}, and cf. {Manure}.]
To apply in use; to train; to discipline; to use or accustom
till use gives little or no pain or inconvenience; to harden;
to habituate; to practice habitually. ``To inure our prompt
obedience.'' --Milton.
He . . . did inure them to speak little. --Sir T.
North.
Inured and exercised in learning. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
The poor, inured to drudgery and distress. --Cowper.
\In*ure"\, v. i. To pass into use; to take or have effect; to be applied; to serve to the use or benefit of; as, a gift of lands inures to the heirs. [Written also {enure}.] |
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