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Adjective indurate has 1 sense

callous, thick-skinned, indurate, pachydermatous - emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion"
Antonym: sensitive (indirect, via insensitive)

Verb indurate has 4 senses

indurate - become fixed or established; "indurated customs"
--₁ is one way to change
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
harden, indurate - make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter"
--₂ is one way to change

Derived form: noun induration₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
harden, indurate - become hard or harder; "The wax hardened"
--₃ is one way to change

Derived form: noun induration₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
inure, harden, indurate - cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"
--₄ is one way to habituate, accustom
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP