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indurate

[in-doo-reyt, -dyoo-, in-doo-rit, -dyoo-, in-door-it, -dyoor-] / ˈɪn dʊˌreɪt, -dyʊ-, ˈɪn dʊ rɪt, -dyʊ-, ɪnˈdʊər ɪt, -ˈdyʊər- /
VERB
harden
Synonyms
STRONG
acclimate acclimatize amalgamate anneal bake brace buttress cake calcify callous cement close clot coagulate compact concrete congeal consolidate contract crystallize curdle dry firm fix fortify fossilize freeze gird jell nerve ossify petrify precipitate press reinforce season set settle solidify starch steel stiffen strengthen temper thicken toughen vitrify
WEAK
caseharden densify
Antonyms
STRONG
continue dilute discourage dishearten disjoin dissolve dissuade divide enlarge flex hurt let go liquefy loosen melt open separate soften thin unfix unsettle upset weaken

Example Sentences

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When lean years came, young Wallace studiously and scientifically applied himself to the task of inducing the indurate soil to yield him his livelihood.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sometimes human beings do things that are too much for even the most indurate newsgatherers of the daily press to contemplate without shuddering.

From Time Magazine Archive

When indurate Premier Poincare came into office, international conferences went out of fashion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Haste hapless sighs! and let your burning breath Dissolve the ice of her indurate heart!

From Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

When his friends asked him, after this first interview, what he thought of the Queen, he gave her credit for "a proud mind, a crafty wit, and an indurate heart."

From Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets by Reid, George

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.