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Inure

ahd-5

transitive verb. To habituate to something undesirable, especially by prolonged subjection; accustom.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To establish by use; put into exercise or act; insure.

To use; adapt; qualify; practise; exercise; ply.

To toughen or harden by exercise; deaden the sensibility of; accustom; habituate: followed by to.

To pass in use; take or have effect; be applied; become available or serviceable: as, the land will inure to the heirs, or to the benefit of the heirs.

In law, to devolve as a right.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

transitive verb. 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.

intransitive verb. To pass into use; to take or have effect; to be applied; to serve to the use or benefit of.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

verb. cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate

Word Usage

"He also expressed “increasing doubts regarding the benefits which would inure to the West.”"

Form

inured inuring

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

accustom habituate

Hyponym

Words that are more specific

brace oneself for callous cauterise cauterize prepare for

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Baldur Bloor Moor Moore Muir

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

accustom inculcation overwrought pre-defined

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

acclimate acclimatize accommodate accrue accustom

variant

enure

verb-form

inured inures inuring