Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
inure .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb See
inure .
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- verb to
inure ; to becomeaccustomed ordesensitized to somethingunpleasant due to constant exposure. - verb law to have
effect .
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Examples
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The profits and honors which will result from a successful performance of such a duty, are attached to no sinecure, and we are perfectly willing that they should be left to "enure" to some abler pen than that which we wield.
N. Carolina University Magazine No Author 1844
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Please enure any mob you harangue into violence observes these and other important safety protocols.
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The father of the current Batgirl taught her to fight but not to read, and shot her in fleshy parts to enure her to the pain.
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The father of the current Batgirl taught her to fight but not to read, and shot her in fleshy parts to enure her to the pain.
Archive 2008-12-01 2008
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In the moons case it will help keep up its glow if the sun fades, might also enure the LUX factor we receive from the moon is greater, thereby reducing the need for driving lights on cars and street lighting, just think of all the electricity we could save.
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Just like Eisenhower's interstate highway system, the capital projects coming out of the stimulus plan and the Obama budgets are designed to create long-term wealth, and assets that will enure to the benefit of the next generation and the generation after that.
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Going after the government, IOW Bush is the best way to enure this doesn't happen.
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Hollywood A-listers -- Directors, lead actors, writers and others will soon have to bear more of the risk and enure pay cuts if their movie turns out to be a dog.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Hollywood Studios Rewriting Pay System for Their A-Listers 2006
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OpEdNews - Quicklink: Hollywood Studios Rewriting Pay System for Their A-Listers 2006
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Press Secretary is where confident young whelps cut their teeth, enure their hides to criticism, and move on to K Street.
Good Choice 2006
jorge999 commented on the word enure
en⋅ure in-yoor, i-noor
–verb (used with object)
1.
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually fol. by to): inured to cold.
–verb (used without object)
2.
to come into use; take or have effect.
3.
to become beneficial or advantageous.
November 6, 2009
jorge999 commented on the word enure
alternate definition
enure -- a polite way of saying 'up yours!'
November 6, 2009
rolig commented on the word enure
an alternative spelling of inure.
November 6, 2009
jorge999 commented on the word enure
rolig, thanks for pointing that out. It appears that inure is the primary spelling.
November 9, 2009