3 entries under this word

Indurate

Ĭn'du-rāte, v. i.

verbintransitive

[imp. & p. p. INDURATED; p. pr. & vb. n. INDURATING.] [Lat. indurare, induratum, fr. prefix in and durare, to harden, from durus, hard; It. indurare, Pr. & Sp. endurar, Fr. endurer, endurcir.] To grow hard; to harden, or become hard; as, clay indurates by drying, and by extreme heat.

Ĭn'du-rāte, v. t.

verbtransitive

Sense 1. To make hard; as, extreme heat indurates clay; some fossils are indurated by exposure to the air.

Sense 2. To make unfeeling; to deprive of sensibility; to render obdurate; as, to indurate the heart.

Love's and friendship's finely-pointed dart Fall blunted from each indurated heart. Goldsmith.

Ĭn'du-rate, a.

adjective

Hardened; not soft; indurated.
Without sensibility; unfeeling; obdurate.