inure

🇺🇸 /ɪˈnjʊr/ 🇬🇧 /ɪˈnjʊə(r)/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
verb
R

Get used to something, especially if it's difficult or uncomfortable, because you experience it a lot.

After years of working in the factory, he had inured himself to the noise.

R

Help someone get used to something, especially by making them experience it many times.

The harsh training regimen was designed to inure the soldiers to the rigors of combat.

translation

v. Get used to something, especially if it's difficult or uncomfortable, because you experience it a lot.; Help someone get used to something, especially by making them experience it many times.

Word Forms

3rd Present inures
Past inured
Perfect inured
Progressive inuring