endurcir — meaning in English

English meaning

• harden verb To become hard, or to make something hard or harder.
• stiffen verb To make something rigid or less flexible.

Senses

endurcir is used for these senses in English:

• harden (transitive, ergative) To make something hard or harder.
• harden (ambitransitive, phonology) To become or make (a consonant) more fortis; to (cause to) undergo fortition.
• inure (transitive) To cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or more unpleasantries. [from 16th c.]
• stiffen (transitive) To make stiff.

harden — full definition

1. verb To become hard, or to make something hard or harder.
2. verb To become or make someone more resistant, tough, or emotionally unaffected.

stiffen — full definition

1. verb To make something rigid or less flexible.
2. verb To become rigid, tense, or less flexible.

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