inured

  • 21enured — 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: ↑inured, ↑hardened • Similar to: ↑ …

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  • 22hardened — adjective 1. used of persons; emotionally hardened (Freq. 1) faced a case hardened judge • Syn: ↑case hardened, ↑hard boiled • Similar to: ↑hard 2. made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment …

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  • 23inure — verb (inured; inuring) Etymology: Middle English enuren, from in ure customary, from putten in ure to use, put into practice, part translation of Anglo French mettre en ovre, en uevre Date: 15th century transitive verb to accustom to accept… …

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  • 24inure — inuredness /in yoor id nis, i noor , in yoord , i noord /, n. inurement, n. /in yoor , i noor /, v., inured, inuring. v.t. 1. to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually fol. by to): inured to cold. v.i …

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  • 25áheardian — wv/i2 to be or become hard, grow hard or inured, become inured to anything; last, hold out, endure (on w.d.) …

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  • 26inure — v. (formal) (d; tr.) to inure to (to inure smb. to hardship; inured to danger) * * * [ɪ njʊə] (formal) (d; tr.) to inure to (to inure smb. to hardship; inured to danger) …

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  • 27hardened — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Made hard] Syn. compacted, stiffened, stiff; see firm 2 . 2. [Inured to labor or hardship] Syn. disciplined, trained, accustomed, habituated, inured, resistant, steeled, toughened, seasoned. Ant. unaccustomed,… …

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  • 28Insensibility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Insensibility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 insensibility insensibility insensibleness Sgm: N 1 moral insensibility moral insensibility Sgm: N 1 inertness inertness inertia Sgm: N 1 vis inertiae vis inertiae Sgm: N 1… …

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  • 29inuredness — noun see inured * * * inuredˈness or enuredˈness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑inure …

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  • 30Acclimatization — Ac*cli ma*ti*za tion ([a^]k kl[imac] m[.a]*t[i^]*z[=a] sh[u^]n), n. The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured. Darwin. [1913 Webster] …

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