enure

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to inure; to become accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant due to constant exposure
another spelling of inure
{f} accustom, strengthen; bring into effect, bring into use; be beneficial, be advantageous
to inure
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To take effect, to be operative
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To cause (someone) to become accustomed (to something); to habituate

As Tom Paine warned, inuring us to lies lays the groundwork for many other evils.

inure
to harden or toughen by use, exercise, or exposure
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cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold
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(2 syl ) to habituate or harden by use Ure is an archaic word meaning use (Latin opus, work French æuvre; old French, eure )
inure
1 to come into use; take or have effect 2 to become beneficial or advantageous
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To take effect, to result; to come into operation
inure
{f} accustom; strengthen; put to use; be useful
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To become accustomed to something unpleasant by prolonged exposure
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To pass into use; to take or have effect; to be applied; to serve to the use or benefit of; as, a gift of lands inures to the heirs
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To apply in use; to train; to discipline; to use or accustom till use gives little or no pain or inconvenience; to harden; to habituate; to practice habitually
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To take effect, or to benefit someone. In property law, the term means "to vest". For example, Jim buys a beach house that includes the right to travel across the neighbors property to get to the water. That right of way is said, cryptically, "to inure to the benefit of Jim"
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To be used
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cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"
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inure to to make someone become used to something unpleasant, so that they are no longer upset by it
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