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A.Word.A.Day--indurate![]() ![]() This week's theme: verbs. indurate (IN-doo-rayt, -dyoo-) verb tr. 1. To make hardy, inured, accustomed. 2. To make callous or unfeeling. verb intr. 1. To make hard. 2. To become established. adjective (IN-doo-rit, -dyoo-) Hardened; callous; obstinate. [From Latin indurare (to harden), from durare (to last), from durus (hard). Ultimately from the Indo-European root deru-/dreu- (to be firm) that's the source of such other words as truth, trust, betroth, tree, endure, and druid.] See more usage examples of indurate in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org)
"Do you need to show exploding heads to illustrate the tragedy of war?
Only, surely, if your audience is so indurated to on-screen suffering,
that nothing else will pierce its hide."
"His person, though muscular, was rather attenuated than full; but every
nerve and muscle appeared strung and indurated by unremitted exposure
and toil."
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