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inure(v.) to cause someone or something to become accustomed to a situation (Twenty years in the salt mines inured the man to the discomforts of dirt and grime.)
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inurev. result in. Commonly used in legal terminology in the phrase: "...
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inureformerly also enure, mid-15c., "accustom, adapt, establish by use," contracted from phrase (put) in ure "in practice" (early 15c.), from obsolete noun ure "work, practice, exe [..]
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inureTo 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 neighbor's property to [..]
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inurev. To harden or toughen by use, exercise, or exposure.
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inurein·ured in·ur·ing : to become of advantage usually used in the phrase inure to the benefit of
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inureInure has the following meanings
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inure(v) cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
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inureconsuesco
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inureTo serve to the benefit of a person.
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inurev. result in. Commonly used in legal terminology in the phrase: "to inure to the benefit of John".
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inure
(transitive) To cause (someone) to become accustomed (to something); to habituate. from 16th c.
* '''1912''': Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 6
*: To none of these evidences of a [..]
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