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- Dictionaryinure/ɪˈnjʊə/
verb
- 1. accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant: "these children have been inured to violence"
- 2. variant spelling of enure
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: to accustom to accept something undesirable. children inured to violence. intransitive verb. : to become of advantage. policies that inure to the benefit of employees. inurement. i-ˈnu̇r-mənt. -ˈnyu̇r. noun. Synonyms. fortify. harden. indurate. season. steel.
Inure definition: to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to). See examples of INURE used in a sentence.
To inure is to get used to something difficult or unpleasant. If after spending an hour in your brother's room, you stop noticing the stinky-sock smell, you have become inured to the odor. Although the Latin roots of inure mean "in work," it may be easier to think of "in use" when you see inure .
inure in American English. (ɪnˈjʊr ; ɪˈnʊr ) verb transitive Word forms: inˈured or inˈuring. 1. to make accustomed to something difficult, painful, etc.; habituate. verb intransitive. 2. to come into use or take effect. sick pay inures from the first day of illness.
1. to toughen or harden by use or exposure; accustom; habituate (usu. fol. by to ): inured to cold. v.i. 2. to come into use; take or have effect. 3. to become beneficial or advantageous. [1480–90; v. use of phrase in ure, en ure in use, customary] in•ure′ment, n.
Definition of inure verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective. — + to. Are children inured to violence? We quickly became inured to his sarcasm. INURE meaning: to cause (someone) to be less affected by something unpleasant to cause (someone) to be less sensitive to something unpleasant.
1. to make accustomed to something difficult, painful, etc.; habituate. [...] 2. to come into use or take effect. [...] More. Conjugations of 'inure' present simple: I inure, you inure [...] past simple: I inured, you inured [...] past participle: inured. More. Synonyms of 'inure' • acclimatize, condition, accustom, familiarize [...] More.
inures, inuring, inured: definition: to accustom to something unpleasant, esp. by continuous or lengthy experience.
v.t. to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually fol. by to): inured to cold. v.i. to come into use; take or have effect. to become beneficial or advantageous. Also, enure. Latin opera, plural of opus work; compare French oeuvre. Anglo-French en ure in use, at work, equivalent. to en in + ure.
