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Webster 1913 Edition

Indurate

In′du-rate

,
Adj.
[L.
induratus
, p. p. of
indurare
to harden. See
Endure
.]
1.
Hardened; not soft; indurated.
Tyndale.
2.
Without sensibility; unfeeling; obdurate.

In′du-rate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Indurated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Indurating
.]
1.
To make hard;
as, extreme heat
indurates
clay; some fossils are
indurated
by exposure to the air.
2.
To make unfeeling; to deprive of sensibility; to render obdurate.

In′du-rate

,
Verb.
I.
To grow hard; to harden, or become hard;
as, clay
indurates
by drying, and by heat
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Indurate

IN'DURATE

,
Verb.
I.
[L. induro; in and duro, to harden.]
To grow hard; to harden or become hard. Clay indurates by drying, and by extreme heat.

IN'DURATE

,
Verb.
T.
To make hard. Extreme heat indurates clay. Some fossils are indurated by exposure to the air.
1.
To make unfeeling; to deprive of sensibility; to render obdurate; as, to indurate the heart.

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