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Indurated

Indurate \In"du*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indurated; p. pr. & vb. n. Indurating.]

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

  2. To make unfeeling; to deprive of sensibility; to render obdurate.

Indurated

Indurated \In"du*ra`ted\, a. Hardened; as, indurated clay; an indurated heart.
--Goldsmith.

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indurated

vb. (en-past of: indurate)

Usage examples of "indurated".

He is trained to become wiry and active, his eye is indurated to the tight wrappings, the angular contours that constitute a 'smart mooncalfishness.

Phi-oo, unless I misunderstood him, explained that in the earlier stages these queer little creatures are apt to display signs of suffering in their various cramped situations, but they easily become indurated to their lot.

What had lain within the T'lan Imass, layered, indurated by the countless centuries, was a landscape Onrack could read once more.