accustom; strengthen; put to use; be useful
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Inure Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
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.
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.
(v. i.)
To pass into use; to take or have effect; to be applied; to serve to the use or benefit of; as, a gift of lands inures to the heirs.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo pass into use; to take or have effect; to be applied; to serve to the use or benefit of; as, a gift of lands inures to the heirs.
inure
\in*ure"\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. inured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. inuring.] [from pref. in- in + ure use, work. see ure use, practice, opera, and cf. manure.] 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. "to inure our prompt obedience." he did inure them to speak little. t. north. inured and exercised in learning. the poor, inured to drudgery and distress.
inure
\in*ure"\, v. i. to pass into use; to take or have effect; to be applied; to serve to the use or benefit of; as, a gift of lands inures to the heirs. [written also enure.]
To harden or toughen by use, exercise, or exposure.
Verb
1. cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"
(synonym) harden, indurate
(hypernym) habituate, accustom
(hyponym) callous, cauterize, cauterise
Inure Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
In psychology, desensitization (also called inurement) is defined as the diminished emotional responsiveness to a negative or aversive stimulus after repeated exposure to it. It also occurs when an emotional response is repeatedly evoked in situations in which the action tendency that is associated with the emotion proves irrelevant or unnecessary. Desensitization is a process primarily used to assist individuals unlearn phobias and anxieties and was developed by psychologist Mary Cover Jones. John Wolpe (1958) developed a method of a hierarchal list of anxiety evoking stimuli in order of intensity, which allows individuals to undergo adaption. Although medication is available for individuals suffering from anxiety, fear or phobias, empirical evidence supports desensitization with high rates of cure, particularly in clients suffering from depression or schizophrenia.
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Inure Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
To take effect, to result; to come into operation. - (read more on Inure)
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