'Indurate' definitions:

Definition of 'indurate'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion" [syn: callous, indurate, pachydermatous]
verb
Become fixed or established; "indurated customs"
verb
Make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter" [syn: harden, indurate] [ant: soften]
verb
Become hard or harder; "The wax hardened" [syn: harden, indurate] [ant: soften]
verb
Cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold" [syn: inure, harden, indurate]

Definition of 'Indurate'

From: GCIDE
  • Indurate \In"du*rate\, v. i. To grow hard; to harden, or become hard; as, clay indurates by drying, and by heat. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Indurate'

From: GCIDE
  • Indurate \In"du*rate\, a. [L. induratus, p. p. of indurare to harden. See Endure.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Hardened; not soft; indurated. --Tyndale. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Without sensibility; unfeeling; obdurate. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Indurate'

From: GCIDE
  • Indurate \In"du*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indurated; p. pr. & vb. n. Indurating.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To make hard; as, extreme heat indurates clay; some fossils are indurated by exposure to the air. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To make unfeeling; to deprive of sensibility; to render obdurate. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'indurate'

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