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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inure \In*ure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inured}; p. pr & vb n. {Inuring}.] [From pref. in- in + ure use work See {Ure} use practice, {Opera}, and cf {Manure}.] To apply in use to train; to discipline; to use or accustom till use gives little or no pain or inconvenience; to harden; to habituate; to practice habitually. ``To inure our prompt obedience.'' --Milton. He . . . did inure them to speak little. --Sir T. North. Inured and exercised in learning. --Robynson (More's Utopia). The poor, inured to drudgery and distress. --Cowper. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inured adj : made tough by habitual exposure; "hardened fishermen"; "a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd; "our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V.S.Pritchett [syn: {enured}, {hardened}]
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