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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In bot., zoöl., and anatomy, hardened; made thick and dense; calloused: as, an indurated swelling: applied in entomology to hard spots or elevations on a soft surface, etc.
  • In geology, hardened; consolidated: applied specifically to fragmental sediments such as sandstone, clay, or shale.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Hardened

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of indurate.

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