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INDURATE (8)

indurate 

indurate - v 
become fixed or established; "indurated customs" 

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in a sentence 

The usage is now firmly indurated.

Greediness indurated his heart.

At surgical exploration, and indurate mass consisting of abscess within the omentum was identified.

The water filter is made of cast iron, cast steel, brass and stainless steel with small figure. It is indurate and easy to install.

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etymology 

1590s (transitive) "make hard;" 1620s (intransitive) "grow harder," from Latin induratus, past participle of indurare "to make hard, harden," from in- (from PIE root *en "in") + durare "to harden," from durus "hard," from PIE *dru-ro-, suffixed variant form of root *deru- "be firm, solid, steadfast." Related: Indurated.

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