indurate meaning and definition

INDURATE verb

Definition of indurate (verb)

1. become fixed or established
   • "indurated customs"
2. make hard or harder
   • "The cold hardened the butter"
   • synonyms: harden
   • antonym: soften
3. become hard or harder
   • "The wax hardened"
   • synonyms: harden
   • antonym: soften
4. cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
   • "He was inured to the cold"
   • synonyms: harden, inure

INDURATE adjective

Definition of indurate (adjective)

1. emotionally hardened
   • "a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion"
   • synonyms: callous, pachydermatous