| v. t. | 1. | 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. "Here the fortune of the day turned, and all things became adverse to the Romans; the place deep with ooze, sinking under those who stood, slippery to such as advanced; their armor heavy, the waters deep; nor could they wield, in that uneasy situation, their weighty javelins. The barbarians on the contrary, were inured to encounter in the bogs, their persons tall, their spears long, such as could wound at a distance." In this morass the Roman army, after an ineffectual struggle, was irrecoverably lost; nor could the body of the emperor ever be found. Such was the fate of Decius, in the fiftieth year of his age; . . . |
| v. i. | 1. | To pass into use; to take or have effect; to be applied; to serve to the use or benefit of; |
| Verb | 1. | inure - cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold" |
TO INURE. To take effect; as, the pardon inures.
acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, adjust, break, break in, brutalize, callous, case harden, condition, confirm, discipline, domesticate, domesticize, establish, familiarize, fix, gentle, habituate, harden, housebreak, indurate, naturalize, orient, orientate, ossify, season, steel, tame, train, use, wontAbout this site and copyright information - Online Dictionary Home