Inure Definition
inyyo͝or, inyo͝or
enured, enures, enure, inured, inures, inuring
verb
inured, inures, inuring
To make accustomed to something difficult, painful, etc.; habituate.
Webster's New World
To come into use or take effect.
Sick pay inures from the first day of illness.
Webster's New World
To be given or to be attributable to.
Webster's New World Law
To become used to.
Webster's New World Law
Origin of Inure
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Middle English back-formation from enured customary from in ure in in in1 ure use (from Old French euvre, uevre work) (from Latin opera activity associated with work op- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From in- + ure. See also the variant form enure.
From Wiktionary
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