Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To habituate to something undesirable, especially by prolonged subjection; accustom.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To establish by use; put into exercise or act; insure.
- To use; adapt; qualify; practise; exercise; ply.
- To toughen or harden by exercise; deaden the sensibility of; accustom; habituate: followed by to.
- To pass in use; take or have effect; be applied; become available or serviceable: as, the land will inure to the heirs, or to the benefit of the heirs.
- In law, to devolve as a right.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb 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.
- intransitive verb To pass into use; to take or have effect; to be applied; to serve to the use or benefit of.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The document that they received when they bought the timeshare states that the timeshare "benefits and obligations hereunder shall inure to and be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns" of my parents.
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He also expressed “increasing doubts regarding the benefits which would inure to the West.”
Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011
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But his love of Apple's creativity, which he happily extols, and Jobs' entrepreneurial ingenuity, which he salutes, don't inure him to its dark side.
Fern Siegel: Stage Door: The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, White Fern Siegel 2011
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The document that they received when they bought the timeshare states that the timeshare "benefits and obligations hereunder shall inure to and be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns" of my parents.
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But his love of Apple's creativity, which he happily extols, and Jobs' entrepreneurial ingenuity, which he salutes, don't inure him to its dark side.
Fern Siegel: Stage Door: The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, White Fern Siegel 2011
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But his love of Apple's creativity, which he happily extols, and Jobs' entrepreneurial ingenuity, which he salutes, don't inure him to its dark side.
Fern Siegel: Stage Door: The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, White Fern Siegel 2011
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Subject to the foregoing limitation, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties and their respective successors and assigns.
Boing Boing 2009
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He also expressed “increasing doubts regarding the benefits which would inure to the West.”
Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011
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It could specify that time in the United States under this visa would not inure towards time for cancellation of removal.
Andy Schupak: B-4 Retiree Visas Andy Schupak 2011
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The church denies this characterisation and "vigorously objects to the suggestion that Church funds inure to the private benefit of Mr Miscavige."
What happens when you try to leave the Church of Scientology? 2011
jaymediane commented on the word inure
Inure (also enure) v. 1 trans. (usu. be inured to) accustom (someone) to something, esp. something unpleasant : these children have been inured to violence. 2 intrans. ( enure for/to) Law come into operation; take effect : a release given to one of two joint contractors inures to the benefit of both.
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).
Roy, Arundhati. The God of Small Things. New York: HarperCollins, 1997.
February 26, 2008
dangertoy commented on the word inure
I have used this word routinely for years to describe my tolerance for my ex. I always have to define this word to the listener, but there is no better word in my opinion to describe my dealings with this person.
May 11, 2009
yarb commented on the word inure
I had believed myself fairly inured to foolishness after
6 months for Reuter's in parched mad bloody Lebanon, but...
- Peter Reading, Ukulele Music, 1985
June 19, 2009
myth17 commented on the word inure
Indians have become Inured to power cuts.
August 9, 2012
7893725456 commented on the word inure
to live at very cold place, one should be inured to the severity of the weather.
June 14, 2013
7893725456 commented on the word inure
people are inured to condone the traffic woes.
June 14, 2013