01 a. Hardened; not soft; indurated.
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Hardened; not soft; indurated.
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Without sensibility; unfeeling; obdurate.
Entry
5 senses · 3 variants
Webster, 1913
Indurate
· In·du·rate
· IPA /ɪnˈdjʊɹeɪt/
02 v. t. To make hard; as, extreme heat indurates clay; some fossils are indurated by exposure to the air.
imp. & p. p.
Indurated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Indurating
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To make hard; as, extreme heat indurates clay; some fossils are indurated by exposure to the air.
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To make unfeeling; to deprive of sensibility; to render obdurate.
03 v. i. To grow hard; to harden, or become hard; as, clay indurates by drying, and by heat.
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To grow hard; to harden, or become hard; as, clay indurates by drying, and by heat.