inure

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To take effect, to be operative
To cause (someone) to become accustomed (to something); to habituate

As Tom Paine warned, inuring us to lies lays the groundwork for many other evils.

to harden or toughen by use, exercise, or exposure
cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold
(2 syl ) to habituate or harden by use Ure is an archaic word meaning use (Latin opus, work French æuvre; old French, eure )
1 to come into use; take or have effect 2 to become beneficial or advantageous
To take effect, to result; to come into operation
{f} accustom; strengthen; put to use; be useful
To become accustomed to something unpleasant by prolonged exposure
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
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 take effect, or to benefit someone. In property law, the term means "to vest". For example, Jim buys a beach house that includes the right to travel across the neighbors property to get to the water. That right of way is said, cryptically, "to inure to the benefit of Jim"
To be used
cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"
inure to to make someone become used to something unpleasant, so that they are no longer upset by it
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to inure; to become accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant due to constant exposure
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custom, habituation; normal practice
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benefit. For example, the 501c3 prohibition against "private inurement" within non-profit entities means that individuals within that organization may not receive excessive compensation or benefit from their employment or association, because such arrangements would contravene the supposed mission of the organization
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{v} to accustom, habituate, bring into use
enure
another spelling of inure
enure
{f} accustom, strengthen; bring into effect, bring into use; be beneficial, be advantageous
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may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V
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made tough by habitual exposure; "hardened fishermen"; "a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd; "our successors
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past of inure
inured
made tough by habitual exposure; "hardened fishermen"; "a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd; "our successors may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V S Pritchett
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If you are inured to something unpleasant, you have become used to it so that it no longer affects you. Doctors become inured to death
inurement
{i} strengthening, acclimatization, habituating; coming into use, becoming valid
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Use; practice; discipline; habit; custom
inures
third-person singular of inure
inuring
present participle of inure
to inure
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