Meaning | Cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP |
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Example | "He was inured to the cold" |
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Synonyms | harden, indurate |
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Narrower | callous, cauterize, cauterise | make insensitive or callous |
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steel oneself against, steel onself for, brace oneself for, prepare for | Prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant |
Broader | habituate, accustom | make psychologically or physically used (to something) |
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Spanish | acostumbrar, avezar, endurecer, habituar |
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Catalan | acostumar, avesar, habituar |
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