Thesaurus: inure

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1. v. t. To apply in use; to train; to discipline; to use or accustom till use gives little or no pain or inconvenience; to harden; to habituate; to practice habitually.
2. v. i. To pass into use; to take or have effect; to be applied; to serve to the use or benefit of; as, a gift of lands inures to the heirs.
3. v. cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
4. To apply in use; to train; to discipline; to use or accustom till use gives little or no pain or inconvenience; to harden; to habituate; to practice habitually. "To inure our prompt obedience." Milton. He . . . did inure them to speak little. Sir T. North. Inured and exercised in learning. Robynson (More's Utopia). The poor, inured to drudgery and distress. Cowper. To pass into use; to take or have effect; to be applied; to serve to the use or benefit of; as, a gift of lands inures to the heirs. [Written also enure.]
5. To apply in use; to train; to discipline; to use or accustomtill use gives little or no pain or inconvenience; to harden; tohabituate; to practice habitually. "To inure our prompt obedience."Milton.He . . . did inure them to speak little. Sir T. North.Inured and exercised in learning. Robynson (More's Utopia).The poor, inured to drudgery and distress. Cowper.
6. v:100 v. cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate