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inure

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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 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.

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School yourself to demureness and patience. Learn to inure yourself to drudgery in science. Learn, compare, collect the facts. Ivan Pavlov

A man should inure himself to voluntary labor, and not give up to indulgence and pleasure, as they beget no good constitution of body nor knowledge of mind. Socrates

He was inured to the cold Source: Internet

Borrowing a parable from Emile Zola about consuming a live toad every day to inure oneself to the "aggressive mendacity" of the newspapers of Zola's day, Trumbo wrote bitterly of his own era. Source: Internet

Early experiences with mortality helped inure Festag to the implications of hardcore gore. Source: Internet

Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each Party hereto and its respective successors and assigns. Source: Internet

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