a. [ L. induratus, p. p. of indurare to harden. See Endure. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. Hardened; not soft; indurated. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Without sensibility; unfeeling; obdurate. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Indurated p. pr. & vb. n. Indurating ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. To make hard; as, extreme heat indurates clay; some fossils are indurated by exposure to the air. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To make unfeeling; to deprive of sensibility; to render obdurate. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To grow hard; to harden, or become hard; as, clay indurates by drying, and by heat. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Hardened; as, indurated clay; an indurated heart. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]