EGAVE

inure

About 0.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or more unpleasantries. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. verb To take effect, to be operative.
    Jim buys a beach house that includes the right to travel across the neighbor's property to get to the water. That right of way is said "to inure to the benefit of Jim".
  3. verb To commit.

Similar words

harden accustom habituate acclimatize toughen enure flesh endure get used season

Often followed by

to them the dolor himself themselves him directly ourselves in

Word family

enure enured enurement enurements enures enuring inured inurement inurements inures

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