Dictionary entry

Inure

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.” Milton.

He... did inure them to speak little. Sir T. North.

Inured and exercised in learning. Robynson (More's Utopia).

The poor, inured to drudgery and distress. Cowper.