indurate
/ɪnˈdjʊɹeɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To inure; to strengthen; to make hardy or robust.
adj
Example Sentences
- "The ear, small and shapely, the arch of the foot, the curve in mouth and nostril, even the indurated hand dyed to the orange-tawny of the toucan's bill, a hand telling alike of the halyards and tar-bucket […] all this strangely indicated a lineage in direct contradiction to his lot."
- "The superficial temporal artery (or arteries) may become exquisitely tender to the touch and visibly indurated."
- "Oh, no ! it is the curse of revolutionary calamities to indurate the heart — the revolutionary impulse is too swift to admit of a pause at the sight of individual misery — the tempest is too loud to hear the wailings of the wretch that perishes beneath its billows […]"
- "The afternoon was not particularly warm: our noses and eyes were running; his were dry. He was evidently indurated against natural hardships."
- "The doctor removed a lot of indurate skin from his wound."
- "Now are they indurate ⁊ tough as Pharao ⁊ will not bow vnto any ryghte waie oꝛ oꝛdꝛe."
Inflected Forms
indurates (present, singular)
indurating (participle, present)
indurated (participle, past)
indurated (past)
more indurate (comparative)
most indurate (superlative)