Inure vs. Enure

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  • Inure (verb)

    To cause (someone) to become accustomed (to something); to habituate. from 16th c.

  • Inure (verb)

    To take effect, to be operative. from 16th c.

  • Inure (verb)

    To commit.

  • Enure (verb)

    To inure; to make accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant due to constant exposure.

  • Enure (verb)

    To take effect, to be operative; used with to.

Wiktionary
  • Inure (verb)

    accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant

    “these children have been inured to violence”

  • Inure (verb)

    variant spelling of enure (sense 1)

  • Enure (verb)

    (of a right or other advantage) belong or be available to

    “a release given to one of two joint contractors enures to the benefit of both”

  • Enure (verb)

    variant spelling of inure

Oxford Dictionary

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