Indurate
11indurate — adj. [L. induratare, to make hard] Hardened …
12indurate — 1. adjective Indurated, obstinate, unfeeling, callous. 2. verb a) to harden or to grow hard b) to make callous or …
13indurate — (Order Isopoda): Hardened, usually by calcium carbonate or sclerotized protein [Kensley and Schotte, 1989] …
14indurate — Synonyms and related words: anneal, backed, brutalize, cake, calcified, calcify, callous, calloused, case harden, case hardened, concrete, congeal, cornify, crusted, crusty, crystallized, dry, firm, fossilize, fossilized, granulated, harden,… …
15indurate — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To make or become physically hard: cake, concrete, congeal, dry, harden, petrify, set1, solidify. See SOLID. 2. To make resistant to hardship, especially through continued exposure: acclimate, acclimatize,… …
16indurate — in·du·rate || ɪndjÊŠreɪt / djÊŠÉ™r v. make hard, harden; make stubborn or unfeeling; become callous or hardened, become accustomed …
17indurate — [ ɪndjʊreɪt] verb [usu. as adjective indurated] harden. Derivatives induration noun indurative adjective Origin C16 (earlier (ME) as induration): from L. indurat , indurare make hard …
18indurate — v. a. 1. Harden, render hard, make hard. 2. Make obdurate, make unfeeling, sear …
19indurate — Hardened, often with the hardening developed only at maturity, e.g. the leaves of all cycads …
20indurate — v 1. harden, make hard, strengthen, stiffen, starch, thicken; temper, steel, toughen, vulcanize; ossify, petrify, fossilize, Archaic. lapidify; calcify, vitrify, crystallize. 2. inure, accustom, condition, season, set; habituate, caseharden,… …