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indurate
('/I/nd/j//U//@/,r/eI/t )

adjective (a)

  • Hardened; not soft; indurated.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • emotionally hardened(adj.all)
    Example:
    Cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion.
    Synonym:
    callous, pachydermatous
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • become fixed or established(verb.change)
    Example:
    Indurated customs.
    source: wordnet30
  • make hard or harder(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    harden
    source: wordnet30
  • become hard or harder(verb.change)
    Antonym:
    soften
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    harden, inure
    source: wordnet30
  • To make hard; as, extreme heat indurates clay; some fossils are indurated by exposure to the air.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To grow hard; to harden, or become hard; as, clay indurates by drying, and by heat.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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