indurate

Definitions

1. 1

   To harden or to grow hard.

   • The superficial temporal artery (or arteries) may become exquisitely tender to the touch and visibly indurated.
2. 2

   To make callous or unfeeling.

3. 3

   To inure

   To inure; to strengthen; to make hardy or robust.

   • The afternoon was not particularly warm: our noses and eyes were running; his were dry. He was evidently indurated against natural hardships.
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   1. 4

      Hardened.

      • The doctor removed a lot of indurate skin from his wound.
   2. 5

      Obstinate, unfeeling, callous.

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