inured

in·ure also en·ure  (n-yr)

tr.v. in·ured, in·ur·ing, in·ures

To habituate to something undesirable, especially by prolonged subjection; accustom: "Though the food became no more palatable, he soon became sufficiently inured to it" John Barth.

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[Middle English, back-formation from enured, customary, from in ure : in, in; see in¹ + ure, use (from Old French euvre, uevre, work, from Latin opera, activity associated with work; see op- in Indo-European roots).]

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in·urement n.

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inured

Adjective

able to tolerate something unpleasant because one has become accustomed to it: he became inured to the casual brutality of his captors [Middle English enuren to accustom]

inurement n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

inured - made tough by habitual exposure; "hardened fishermen"; "a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd; "our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V.S.Pritchett enured, hardened toughened, tough - physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet"