Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inure"
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inure \In*ure"\, v. i.
To pass into 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. [Written also {enure}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inure
v : cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was
inured to the cold" [syn: {harden}]
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