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inure

VT ทำให้ ชิน หรือ คุ้นเคย  ทำให้ อดทน  enure

 

inure from

PHRV มีผล จาก  เป็นผล มาจาก  me-pon-jak

 

inure to

PHRV คุ้นเคย กับ  ชิน กับ  enure to kon-koi-kab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INURE

v.t.[in and ure. Ure signifies use, practice, in old English. ] 1. To habituate; to accustom; to apply or expose in use or practice till use gives little or no pain or inconvenience, or makes little impression. Thus a man inures his body to labor and toil, till he sustains that which would destroy a body unaccustomed to it. So we inure ourselves to cold or heat. Warriors are inured to blood, and seamen are inured to hardships and deprivations.

 

INURE

v.i.To pass in 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 of the grantee, or it inures to their benefit.

 

INURED

pp. Accustomed; hardened by use.

 

INUREMENT

n.Use; practice; habit; custom; frequency.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INURE

In *ure ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inured; p. pr. & vb. n. Inuring. ] Etym: [From pref. in- in + ure use, work. See Ure use, practice, Opera, and cf. Manure. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

INURE

INURE In *ure ", v. i.

 

Defn: 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. ]

 

INUREMENT

INUREMENT In *ure "ment, n.

 

Defn: Use; practice; discipline; habit; custom.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

inure

in ure |iˈn (y )o͝or əˈn (j )ʊ (ə )r |(also enure ) verb 1 [ with obj. ] (usu. be inured to ) accustom (someone ) to something, esp. something unpleasant: these children have been inured to violence. 2 [ no obj. ] (inure for /to ) Law come into operation; take effect: a release given to one of two joint contractors inures to the benefit of both. DERIVATIVES in ure ment noun ORIGIN late Middle English inure, enure, from an Anglo-Norman French phrase meaning in use or practice, from en in + Old French euvre work (from Latin opera ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

inure

inure |ɪˈnjʊə, ɪˈnjɔː | verb [ with obj. ] 1 (usu. be inured to ) accustom (someone ) to something, especially something unpleasant: these children have been inured to violence. 2 Law variant spelling of enure ( sense 1 ). DERIVATIVES inurement noun ORIGIN late Middle English inure, enure, from an Anglo-Norman French phrase meaning in use or practice , from en in + Old French euvre work (from Latin opera ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

inure

inure verb they had become inured to poverty: harden, toughen, season, temper, condition; accustom, habituate, familiarize, acclimatize, adjust, adapt, desensitize. ANTONYMS sensitize.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

inure

inure verb they became inured to poverty: harden, toughen, season, temper, condition; accustom, habituate, familiarize, acclimatize, adjust, adapt, attune; desensitize, dehumanize, brutalize, case-harden; rare indurate. ANTONYMS sensitize.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

inure

in ure /ɪnjʊ́ə r /動詞 他動詞 かたく 〖通例be d / oneself 【困難などに 】慣れ (てい )る «to » .自動詞 〘主に法 〙効力を生じる ; 役に立つ .ment 名詞