indurate
[verb]
Synonyms: harden, cake, concrete, congeal, dry, set, solidify

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indurate ppl adjective. ['ɪndjʊrǝt] Now rare. LME.
[Latin induratus pa. pple, formed as INDURATE verb: see -ATE².]
1. Made hard, hardened. LME.

2. Morally hardened, made callous; obstinate. LME.

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indurate verb. ['ɪndjʊreɪt] M16.
[Latin indurat- pa. ppl stem of indurare make hard, formed as IN-² + durus hard: see -ATE³.]
1. verb trans. Harden (the heart); make callous or unfeeling; make obstinate. M16.
■ H. M. Williams It is the curse of revolutionary calamities to indurate the heart.

2. verb trans. Make (a substance) hard; harden, solidify. L16.
■ R. Kirwan Two beds of indurated clay.
■ O. Sacks The superficial temporal artery may become exquisitely tender..and visibly indurated.

3. verb trans. Make hardy; inure. L16.

4. verb intrans. Become or grow hard. M17.
■ J. Barnes Soft cheeses collapse; firm cheeses indurate.
b. Of a custom: become fixed or established. M19.

► Freq. as indurated ppl adjective.

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