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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Inure

In-üre′, v. t.

verbtransitive

(in-yur′), v. t. [imp. & p. p.: INURED; p. pr. & vb. n. INURING.] [Prefix in and ure, q. v.; Norm. Fr. enuer, Fr. inaugurer, Lat. inaugurare. Cf. INAUGURATE.] To apply or expose in use or practice till use gives little or no pain or inconvenience; to harden; to habituate; to accustom. “To inure our prompt obedience.” Milton.

The poor, inured to drudgery and distress, Act without aim, think little, and feel less. Cooper.

In-ūre′, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To pass in 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 of the grantee, or it inures to their benefit.