INDURATE


Meaning of INDURATE in English

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 indurate the heart.

3. to inure; accustom: to indurate oneself to privation and suffering.

4. to make enduring; confirm; establish: to indurate custom through practice.

v.i.

5. to become hard; harden.

6. to become established or confirmed.

adj.

7. hardened; unfeeling; callous; inured.

[ 1375-1425; late ME indurat induratus ptp. of indurare to harden. See IN- 2 , DURE 1 , -ATE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .