(v. a.P. a.) : in-dūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.
* To make hard, to harden (poet. and post-Aug.).
* Act.
* Lit.: nivem Indurat Boreas,Ov. Tr. 3, 9, 14: sues indurantes attritu arborum costas,Plin. 8, 52, 78, § 212.
* Neutr., to become hard, harden: quae (creta) si induraverit,Veg. 3, 82, 2.— Hence, indūrā-tus, a, um, P. a., hardened.
* Lit.: robora indurata flammis,Stat. Th. 4, 64.
* Trop.: induratus praeter spem resistendo hostium timor,Liv. 30, 18, 3: Germanis quid induratius ad omnem patientiam?Sen. Ira, 1, 11.

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