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  1. 1. v. t. To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To accustom by labor or suffering to endure with constancy; to strengthen; to stiffen; to inure; also, to confirm in wickedness or shame; to make unimpressionable. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. i. To become hard or harder; to acquire solidity, or more compactness; as, mortar hardens by drying. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. i. To become confirmed or strengthened, in either a good or a bad sense. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. become hard or harder Source: wordnet
  6. 6. v. make hard or harder Source: wordnet
  7. 7. v. harden by reheating and cooling in oil Source: wordnet
  8. 8. v. make healthy Source: wordnet
  9. 9. v. cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate Source: wordnet
  10. 10. v:100 v. become hard or harder v. make hard or harder Source: ecdict

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