obdure

comparative more obdure · superlative most obdure

1. obsoleteSynonym of obdurate.

   The Ages in their grovvth vvax worſe & vvorſe. / The firſt vvas pretious, full of golden reſt. / Siluer ſucceeded; good, but not ſo pure: / Then loue and harmleſſe luſts might currant paſſe: / The third that follovves vve finde more obdure, / And that vve title by the Age of Braſſe.

   1613, Thomas Heywood, “[Prologue]”, in The Brazen Age, […], London: […] Nicholas Okes, […], →OCLC, , signature B, recto

   Synonyms: obdurate

present singular third person obdures · participle present obduring · participle past obdured · past obdured

1. obsoleteTo harden.

   This saw his hapless foes, but stood obdur'd.

   1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC

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   […] this spiritual edge shall either turn again, or, through our weak wieldance, not enter the stubborn and thick hide of obdured hearts […]

   1626, Joseph Hall, Saint Paul's Combat. Part II