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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Inure \In*ure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inuring}.] [From pref. in- in + ure use, work. See {Ure} use, practice, {Opera}, and cf. {Manure}.] 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. [bd]To inure our prompt obedience.[b8] --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. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Inure \In*ure"\, v. i. 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}.] | |
