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inure::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | harden, indurate |
| Type of | habituate, accustom |
| Has types | callous, cauterise, cauterize, prepare for, steel oneself against, steel onself for, brace oneself for |
He was inured to the cold.
Examples of inure
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You are saying population and technology inure reciprocal challenge and benefit.
From the economist.com
Do they jolt us into awareness or inure us even further to the suffering of others?
From the guardian.co.uk
Such flame-throwing does little but to inure the nation to the real threats it faces.
From the battleland.blogs.time.com
Any goodwill generated through Client's use of GNM's name and trademarks will inure solely to GNM.
From the guardian.co.uk
All of the property and sales tax benefits from the expansion will inure directly to Folsom and other government agencies.
From the sacbee.com
However, while faith can inure us against our feelings of grief and loss, it rarely grants us the intellectual certitude we crave.
From the washingtontimes.com
Neither can I agree that slow build-up of exposure to the nuts can in any way inure me to their potentially lethal effects.
From the newscientist.com
These hardships do not inure the family, rather they become a magnet for love and allegiance to each other and the community.
From the boston.com
Once issued, this tranche of warrants fulfils the Company's obligations to the Founding Shareholders, such that all future benefits from these projects inure to the Company.
From the hemscott.com
- Cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"
- In psychology, desensitization (also called inurement) is a process for mitigating the harmful effects of phobias or other disorders. ...
- To cause (someone) to become accustomed (to something); to habituate. [from 16th c.]; To take effect, to be operative. [from 16th c.]
- To serve to the use or benefit.
- To take effect, to result; to come into operation.
- (v.) to cause someone or something to become accustomed to a situation (Twenty years in the salt mines inured the man to the discomforts of dirt and grime.)
- 1. to come into use; take or have effect. 2. to become beneficial or advantageous.
- To benefit a person or to take effect.
- (v) : to make accustomed
