Inured

Inured
Inure In*ure", v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inuring}.] [From pref. in- in + ure use, work. See {Ure} use, practice, {Opera}, and cf. {Manure}.] To apply in use; to train; to discipline; to use or accustom till use gives little or no pain or inconvenience; to harden; to habituate; to practice habitually. ``To inure our prompt obedience.'' --Milton. [1913 Webster]

He . . . did inure them to speak little. --Sir T. North. [1913 Webster]

Inured and exercised in learning. --Robynson (More's Utopia). [1913 Webster]

The poor, inured to drudgery and distress. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]

``Here the fortune of the day turned, and all things became adverse to the Romans; the place deep with ooze, sinking under those who stood, slippery to such as advanced; their armor heavy, the waters deep; nor could they wield, in that uneasy situation, their weighty javelins. The barbarians on the contrary, were inured to encounter in the bogs, their persons tall, their spears long, such as could wound at a distance.'' In this morass the Roman army, after an ineffectual struggle, was irrecoverably lost; nor could the body of the emperor ever be found. Such was the fate of Decius, in the fiftieth year of his age; . . . --Gibbon [quoting Tacitus] (Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Ch. 10) [PJC]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • inured — means ‘accustomed to something’ and that something is usually unpleasant. One can also become inured to a person: • It s clear that she s not inured to Walter at all Flak Mag., 2004. It is not a synonym for ‘immune’, and inure is not a synonym… …   Modern English usage

  • inured — index impervious, inveterate, nonchalant, unaffected (uninfluenced) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • inured — in|ured [ ı nurd ] adjective FORMAL so familiar with an unpleasant experience that you no longer become upset by it: be inured to something: We have become inured to the stinging insects here …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • inured — [[t]ɪnjʊ͟ə(r)d[/t]] ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ to n If you are inured to something unpleasant, you have become used to it so that it no longer affects you. [FORMAL] Doctors become inured to death …   English dictionary

  • inured — UK [ɪˈnjʊə(r)d] / US [ɪˈnʊrd] adjective formal so familiar with an unpleasant experience that you no longer become upset by it be inured to something: We have become inured to the stinging insects here …   English dictionary

  • inured — adjective made tough by habitual exposure hardened fishermen a peasant, dark, lean faced, wind inured Robert Lynd our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men V.S.Pritchett • Syn: ↑enured, ↑hardened • Similar to: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • inured — See immured, inured …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • inured — Synonyms and related words: Philistine, acclimated, acclimatized, accommodated, accustomed, adapted, adjusted, brazen, callous, calloused, case hardened, conditioned, conscienceless, experienced, familiarized, flinty, hard, hardened, hardhearted …   Moby Thesaurus

  • inured — in·ure || ɪ njÊŠr / njÊŠÉ™ v. accustom; strengthen; put to use; be useful …   English contemporary dictionary

  • inured — ruined …   Anagrams dictionary

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