Definition of inure Inure
/ɪnjʊˈɹ/ - [inyur] - in•ure
We found 5 definitions of inure from 4 different sources.
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What does inure mean?
WordNet
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| inure - cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold" | ||
| harden, indurate | ||
| accustom, habituate make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music" | ||
| callous, cauterise, cauterize make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals | ||
| brace oneself for, prepare for, steel oneself against, steel onself for prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- inure (v. t.)
To apply in use; to train; to discipline; to use or accustom till use gives little or no pain or inconvenience; to harden; to habituate; to practice habitually. - inure (v. i.)
To pass into use; to take or have effect; to be applied; to serve to the use or benefit of; as, a gift of lands inures to the heirs.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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inure
in-ūr′, v.t. to use or practise habitually: to accustom: to harden.—v.i. (law) to come into use or effect: to serve to the use or benefit of.—n. Inure′ment, act of inuring: practice. [From in and ure—O. Fr. eure (Fr. œuvre, work)—L. opera, work; the same word ure is found in manure (q.v.).]
Part of speech
🔤- inure, verb, present, 1st person singular of inure (infinitive).
- inure, verb (infinitive).
