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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : verb in-doo-reyt, -dyoo-; adjective in-doo-rit, -dyoo-; in-doo r-it, -dyoo r- |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈɪn dʊˌreɪt, -dyʊ-; adjective ˈɪn dʊ rɪt, -dyʊ-; ɪnˈdʊər ɪt, -ˈdyʊər- |
Definition of indurate
Origin :- 1530s, from Latin induratus, past participle of indurare "to make hard, harden" (see endure). Related: Indurated.
- verb harden
- Imogen was deaf to their expostulations, and indurate and callous as adamant to their persuasions.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- Underneath these coherent and indurate ledges the most valuble ores exist, but coal and fossils are searched for in vain.
- Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2 » by Various
- Even where there is no plastering, the tattooing may be found to indurate the skin, and to render it less sensible to cold.
- Extract from : « John Rutherford, the White Chief » by George Lillie Craik
- The drops that trickle within the cavern harden, yet brighten into spars as they indurate.
- Extract from : « Godolphin, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Can we consistently blame her if she becomes callous, when every legal provision directly tends to indurate her sensibilities?
- Extract from : « The History of Prostitution » by William W. Sanger
- Stark and indurate like an Adirondack meadow enameled with trap rock, he plodded rigidly on.
- Extract from : « The Army Mule and Other War Sketches » by Henry A. Castle
- A thousand years after your body has returned to dust, that piece of Indurate will still exist, unchanged, unworn.
- Extract from : « The Long Voyage » by Carl Richard Jacobi
- Ganeth-Klae designed it just before he disappeared, using the last lot of Indurate in existence.
- Extract from : « The Long Voyage » by Carl Richard Jacobi
- He used the last lot of Indurate to make that booster, a device which he said would increase our take-off speed.
- Extract from : « The Long Voyage » by Carl Richard Jacobi
Synonyms for indurate
- acclimate
- acclimatize
- amalgamate
- anneal
- bake
- brace
- buttress
- cake
- calcify
- callous
- caseharden
- cement
- close
- clot
- coagulate
- compact
- concrete
- congeal
- consolidate
- contract
- crystallize
- curdle
- densify
- dry
- firm
- fix
- fortify
- fossilize
- freeze
- gird
- jell
- nerve
- ossify
- petrify
- precipitate
- press
- reinforce
- season
- set
- settle
- solidify
- starch
- steel
- stiffen
- strengthen
- temper
- thicken
- toughen
- vitrify
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