Definitions for indurates

indurates in·du·rate

Spelling: [verb in-doo-reyt, -dyoo-; a
IPA: /verb ˈɪn dʊˌreɪt, -dyʊ-; adjective ˈɪn dʊ rɪt, -dyʊ-; ɪnˈdʊər ɪt, -ˈdyʊər-/

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

You can make 960 anagrams from letters in indurates (adeinrstu).

Definitions for indurates

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 indurates

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Word Value for indurates
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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