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indurate
[ verb in-doo-reyt, -dyoo-; adjective in-doo-rit, -dyoo-; in-door-it, -dyoor- ]
verb (used with object)
- to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.:
Cold indurates the soil.
- to make callous, stubborn, or unfeeling:
transgressions that indurate the heart.
to indurate oneself to privation and suffering.
to indurate custom through practice.
verb (used without object)
- to become hard; harden.
- to become established or confirmed.
indurate
verb
- to make or become hard or callous
- to make or become hardy
adjective
- hardened, callous, or unfeeling
Derived Forms
- ˌԻˈپDz, noun
- ˈԻˌپ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ԴDz·d·e adjective
- i-d·ٱ adjective
- i-d·e adjective
- ܲ·d·ٱ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of indurate1
Example Sentences
When it comes to my indurated papules, I tell myself: “Must. Not. Scratch. Scratching just makes it worse.”
“Is it indurated?” she asks her daughter, showing her a lump on the back of her neck.
Pick up again his indurate book, Dreams from My Father, and see the harsh truth.
The common description of “the Oriental” as indurated in his antagonism to the alien conqueror here perhaps has some truth in it.
The neck of the sac is often thickened, indurated and adherent to surrounding parts, the result of chronic inflammation.
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