induratize

present singular third person induratizes · participle present induratizing · participle past induratized · past induratized

1. To make or become hard-hearted.

   The man clings to his need to induratize as if it's indentured servitude.

   2018, Jody Kaye, Cavanaugh: A Kingsbrier Quintuplets Novel

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   Thy hart gainst me, not still induratize, But my sad thoughts in me retranquillize.

   1994, Robert Tofte, Jeffrey Norman Nelson, The Poetry of Robert Tofte, 1597-1620, page 156

   There are many, many reasons why one would choose to induratize themselves. Heartache is painful, agonizing, and at times it feels like it’s just too much to endure, and as a defense mechanism one induratizes themselves.

   2017, Ella Patrice, La Whimsy