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inure
What does inure mean?
inure (verb): to cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or more unpleasantries.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use inure in a sentence?
- He was inured to the cold. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce inure?
/ɪnˈjʊɹ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does inure come from?
From Middle English inuren, equivalent to in- + ure (“practise, exercise”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “inure” mean?
in standing or walking, to sway from one side to the other as if about to fall; to stand or walk unsteadily; to reel or totter
Not quite: that's what stagger means.
to repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience
Not quite: that's what recite means.
to boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself
Not quite: that's what brag means.
to cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or more unpleasantries
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