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Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb in-doo-reyt, -dyoo-; adjective in-doo-rit, -dyoo-; in-doo r-it, -dyoo r-
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈɪn dʊˌreɪt, -dyʊ-; adjective ˈɪn dʊ rɪt, -dyʊ-; ɪnˈdʊər ɪt, -ˈdyʊər-



Definition of indurate

Origin :
  • 1530s, from Latin induratus, past participle of indurare "to make hard, harden" (see endure). Related: Indurated.
  • verb harden
Example sentences :
  • Imogen was deaf to their expostulations, and indurate and callous as adamant to their persuasions.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • Underneath these coherent and indurate ledges the most valuble ores exist, but coal and fossils are searched for in vain.
  • Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2 » by Various
  • Even where there is no plastering, the tattooing may be found to indurate the skin, and to render it less sensible to cold.
  • Extract from : « John Rutherford, the White Chief » by George Lillie Craik
  • The drops that trickle within the cavern harden, yet brighten into spars as they indurate.
  • Extract from : « Godolphin, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Can we consistently blame her if she becomes callous, when every legal provision directly tends to indurate her sensibilities?
  • Extract from : « The History of Prostitution » by William W. Sanger
  • Stark and indurate like an Adirondack meadow enameled with trap rock, he plodded rigidly on.
  • Extract from : « The Army Mule and Other War Sketches » by Henry A. Castle
  • A thousand years after your body has returned to dust, that piece of Indurate will still exist, unchanged, unworn.
  • Extract from : « The Long Voyage » by Carl Richard Jacobi
  • Ganeth-Klae designed it just before he disappeared, using the last lot of Indurate in existence.
  • Extract from : « The Long Voyage » by Carl Richard Jacobi
  • He used the last lot of Indurate to make that booster, a device which he said would increase our take-off speed.
  • Extract from : « The Long Voyage » by Carl Richard Jacobi

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