indurate

UK/'indjureit/US

GREB2

Definitions

To make or become hard; (figuratively) to make callous or unfeeling

（使）硬化；（喻）使（人）变得冷酷麻木

adj.

Hardened; obstinate

硬化的；顽固的

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

in-not, opposite of

durhard, lasting, endure

-ateto make, having

=indurate

in- (intensive) + dur (to harden) + -ate (verb) = to make hard. Used literally in medicine/geology (indurated tissue or rock) and figuratively of a heart hardened against feeling. A rare, technical/literary word.

Root dur still carries 9 more words

Common Collocations

1.indurate the heart使心变冷
2.become indurated变得冷酷

Example Sentences

1.
Years of conflict had indurated his heart.
2.
The lesion had become hard and indurated.

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