Inure
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪˈnjʊə(ɹ)/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Inure is a verb meaning (transitive) To cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or more unpleasantries.
Meaning
(transitive) To cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or more unpleasantries.
More Meanings
- (intransitive, chiefly law) To take effect, to be operative.
- (transitive, obsolete) To commit.
Example Sentences
As Tom Paine warned, inuring us to lies lays the groundwork for many other evils.
Matcht with as valiant men, and of as cleane a might, / As skilfull to commaund, and as inur’d to fight.
“Our kids have come to a place where they’re inured,” he said. “It’s almost like they accept it, which is not OK.”
This conflict produces a psychic numbing that inures us to the realities of being tracked, parsed, mined, and modified.
Word Forms
- inures
- inuring
- inured
Synonyms for inure
Depending on context, synonyms include habituate, harden, toughen, accrue.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include harden, accustom, habituate, acclimatize, toughen, enure.
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