v. in·du·rat·ed, in·du·rat·ing, in·du·rates v.tr. 1. To make hard; harden: soil that had been indurated by extremes of climate. 2. To inure, as to hardship or ridicule. 3. To make callous or obdurate: "It is the curse of revolutionary calamities to indurate the heart" (Helen Maria Williams). v.intr. 1. To grow hard; harden. 2. To become firmly fixed or established. adj. (ĭnd-rĭt, -dyə-) Hardened; obstinate; unfeeling. [Latin indūrāre, indūrāt- : in-, intensive pref.; see IN-2 + dūrus, hard; see deru- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] indu·ra′tive adj. |
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