Origin: Latin
suffix -ate
Indurate has 7 different meanings across 2 categories:
Verb
· Adjective
Verb
1
become fixed or established
"indurated customs"
2
make hard or harder
"The cold hardened the butter"
3
become hard or harder
"The wax hardened"
4
cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
"He was inured to the cold"
5
To harden or to grow hard.
Adjective
1
emotionally hardened
"a callous indifference to suffering"
"cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion"
2
Hardened, obstinate, unfeeling, callous.
Example Sentences
"indurated customs"
verb
"The cold hardened the butter"
verb
"The wax hardened"
verb
"He was inured to the cold"
verb
"a callous indifference to suffering"
adjective
"cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion"
adjective
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)