indurating

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indurating - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Indurate \In"du*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indurated; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Indurating.]
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     1. To make hard; as, extreme heat indurates clay; some
        fossils are indurated by exposure to the air.
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     2. To make unfeeling; to deprive of sensibility; to render
        obdurate.
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