inure Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
    harden; indurate.
    • He was inured to the cold

WordNet

In*ure" transitive verb
Etymology
From pref. in- in + ure use, work. See Ure use, practice, Opera, and cf. Manure.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Inured ; present participle & verbal noun Inuring
Definitions
  1. 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.
In*ure" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913