See also: in ure

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Etymology

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From Middle English inuren, equivalent to in- +‎ ure (practise, exercise).

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inure (third-person singular simple present inures, present participle inuring, simple past and past participle inured)

  1. (transitive) To cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or more unpleasantries. [from 16th c.]
    Synonyms: habituate, harden, toughen
  2. (intransitive, chiefly law) To take effect, to be operative. [from 16th c.]
    Jim buys a beach house that includes the right to travel across the neighbor's property to get to the water. That right of way is said, cryptically, "to inure to the benefit of Jim".
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To commit.

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inūre

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of inūrō