indurate
verb
- to harden (the heart); to render callous or unfeeling
- to make stubborn or obstinate
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdjʊɹət/ / /ɪnˈdjʊɹeɪt/
adj
- Hardened.
“The doctor removed a lot of indurate skin from his wound.”
- Obstinate, unfeeling, callous.
“Now are they indurate ⁊ tough as Pharao ⁊ will not bow vnto any ryghte waie oꝛ oꝛdꝛe.”
verb
- To harden or to grow hard.
“The ear, small and shapely, the arch of the foot, the curve in mouth and nostril, even the indurated hand dyed to the orange-tawny of the toucan's bill, a hand telling alike of the halyards and tar-bucket […] all this strangely indicated a lineage in direct contradiction to his lot.”
“The superficial temporal artery (or arteries) may become exquisitely tender to the touch and visibly indurated.”
- To make callous or unfeeling.
“Oh, no ! it is the curse of revolutionary calamities to indurate the heart — the revolutionary impulse is too swift to admit of a pause at the sight of individual misery — the tempest is too loud to hear the wailings of the wretch that perishes beneath its billows […]”
- To inure; to strengthen; to make hardy or robust.
“The afternoon was not particularly warm: our noses and eyes were running; his were dry. He was evidently indurated against natural hardships.”