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INDURATED
Verb
indurated
simple past tense and past participle of indurate
Adjective
indurated (not comparable)
(soil science) hardened
Anagrams
• unitarded
Source: Wiktionary
In"du*ra`ted, a.
Definition: Hardened; as, indurated clay; an indurated heart. Goldsmith.
INDURATE
In"du*rate, a. Etym: [L. induratus, p. p. of indurare to harden. See Endure.]
1. Hardened; not soft; indurated. Tyndale.
2. Without sensibility; unfeeling; obdurate.
In"du*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indurated; p. pr. & vb. n. Indurating.]
1. To make hard; as, extreme heat indurates clay; some fossils are indurated by exposure to the air.
2. To make unfeeling; to deprive of sensibility; to render obdurate.
In"du*rate, v. i.
Definition: To grow hard; to harden, or become hard; as, clay indurates by drying, and by heat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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