INDURATING
Verb
indurating
present participle of indurate
Source: Wiktionary
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