Definitions for indurate

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indurate in·du·rate

Spelling: [verb in-doo-reyt, -dyoo-; a

IPA: /verb ˈɪn dʊˌreɪt, -dyʊ-; adjective ˈɪn dʊ rɪt, -dyʊ-; ɪnˈdʊər ɪt, -ˈdyʊər-/

Indurate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 450 anagrams from letters in indurate (adeinrtu).

Definitions for indurate

adjective

1. hardened; unfeeling; callous; inured.

verb (used with object)

1. to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.:
2. to make callous, stubborn, or unfeeling:
3. to inure; accustom:
4. to make enduring; confirm; establish:

verb (used without object)

1. to become hard; harden.
2. to become established or confirmed.

Origin of indurate

1375-1425; late Middle English indurat Latin indūrātus past participle of indūrāre to harden. See in-², dure¹, Examples for indurate

He used the last lot of indurate to make that booster, a device which he said would increase our take-off speed.

A thousand years after your body has returned to dust, that piece of indurate will still exist, unchanged, unworn.

The drops that trickle within the cavern harden, yet brighten into spars as they indurate.

Stark and indurate like an Adirondack meadow enameled with trap rock, he plodded rigidly on.

Can we consistently blame her if she becomes callous, when every legal provision directly tends to indurate her sensibilities?

Pick up again his indurate book, Dreams from My Father, and see the harsh truth.

Imogen was deaf to their expostulations, and indurate and callous as adamant to their persuasions.

Even where there is no plastering, the tattooing may be found to indurate the skin, and to render it less sensible to cold.

Ganeth-Klae designed it just before he disappeared, using the last lot of indurate in existence.

Underneath these coherent and indurate ledges the most valuble ores exist, but coal and fossils are searched for in vain.