inure
Meaning of inure
verb
- accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant.
these children have been inured to violence
- variant spelling of enure (sense 1).
late Middle English inure, enure, from an Anglo-Norman French phrase meaning ‘in use or practice’, from en ‘in’ + Old French euvre ‘work’ (from Latin opera ).
Information about inure
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of inure is: inures.
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Hyphenation of inure
in-ure
- It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
- inure is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
inure synonyms
Meaning harden:
Meaning make or become stronger or more resilient:
Meaning add salt, herbs, pepper, or other spices to (food):
Meaning improve the hardness and elasticity of (steel or other metal) by reheating and then cooling it:
Meaning train or accustom to behave in a certain way or to accept certain circumstances:
Meaning make someone or something accept (something) as normal or usual:
Meaning make or become accustomed or used to something:
Meaning give (someone) knowledge or understanding of something:
Meaning become accustomed to a new climate or new conditions; adjust:
Meaning alter or move (something) slightly in order to achieve the desired fit, appearance, or result:
Meaning make (something) suitable for a new use or purpose; modify:
Meaning make receptive or aware:
Meaning make less sensitive:
Meaning deprive of positive human qualities:
Meaning make (someone) cruel, violent, or insensitive to the pain of others by repeated exposure to violence:
inure antonyms
Meaning cause (someone or something) to respond to certain stimuli; make sensitive:
Anagrams of inure
Words that rhyme with inure
ephthianure, manure, melanure, panure, remanure, coenure, cotenure, enure, nontenure, subtenure, tenure, undertenure, encoignure, disinure, gymnure, conure, zonure, tournure, demeasnure
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