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adamantize

verb

Etymology

From adamant + -ize.

  1. derived from ἀδάμας
  2. derived from adamantem
  3. inherited from adamant
  4. formed as adamantize — “adamant + -ize”

Definitions

  1. To render (something) adamant

    To render (something) adamant; to harden; to strengthen.

    • " I wonder you don't marry, then, sir." " My time is past. Forty years of single blessedness have moulded my character and adamantized my resolutions. Besides, I am a poor man, and a wife is an expensive luxury. […]"

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