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induratize en · VERB

Etymology

From indurate + -ize.

Meanings

1. To make or become hard-hearted.
   • There are many, many reasons why one would choose to induratize themselves. Heartache is painful, agonizing, and at times it feels like it’s just too much to endure, and as a defense mechanism one induratizes themselves. 2017, Ella Patrice, La Whimsy:
   • Thy hart gainst me, not still induratize, But my sad thoughts in me retranquillize. 1994, Robert Tofte, Jeffrey Norman Nelson, The Poetry of Robert Tofte, 1597-1620, page 156:
   • The man clings to his need to induratize as if it's indentured servitude. 2018, Jody Kaye, Cavanaugh: A Kingsbrier Quintuplets Novel:

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