- indurates
- in·du·rate || 'ɪndjʊreɪt /-djʊər- v. make hard, harden; make stubborn or unfeeling; become callous or hardened, become accustomed
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Indurate — In du*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indurated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Indurating}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To make hard; as, extreme heat indurates clay; some fossils are indurated by exposure to the air. [1913 Webster] 2. To make unfeeling; to deprive of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Indurate — In du*rate, v. i. To grow hard; to harden, or become hard; as, clay indurates by drying, and by heat. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Indurated — Indurate In du*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indurated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Indurating}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To make hard; as, extreme heat indurates clay; some fossils are indurated by exposure to the air. [1913 Webster] 2. To make unfeeling; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Indurating — Indurate In du*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indurated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Indurating}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To make hard; as, extreme heat indurates clay; some fossils are indurated by exposure to the air. [1913 Webster] 2. To make unfeeling; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
indurate — I. adjective Date: 14th century physically or morally hardened II. verb ( rated; rating) Etymology: Latin induratus, past participle of indurare, from in + durare to harden, from durus hard more at during Date: 1538 … New Collegiate Dictionary
indurate — v. /in doo rayt , dyoo /; adj. /in doo rit, dyoo ; in door it, dyoor /, v., indurated, indurating, adj. v.t. 1. to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.: Cold indurates the soil. 2. to make callous, stubborn, or unfeeling: transgressions that… … Universalium
harden — 1 Harden, solidify, indurate, petrify, cake are comparable when they mean to make or to become physically hard or solid. Harden usually expresses an opposition to soften and therefore may be as often used of the process as of the effect. The term … New Dictionary of Synonyms
