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Webster 1913 Edition
Harden
Hard′en
(härd′’n)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hardened
(-’nd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hardening
(-’n-ĭng)
.] [OE.
hardnen
, hardenen
.] 1.
To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate;
as, to
. harden
clay or iron2.
To accustom by labor or suffering to endure with constancy; to strengthen; to stiffen; to inure; also, to confirm in wickedness or shame; to make unimpressionable.
“Harden not your heart.” Ps. xcv. 8.
I would
harden
myself in sorrow. Job vi. 10.
Hard′en
,Verb.
I.
1.
To become hard or harder; to acquire solidity, or more compactness;
as, mortar
. hardens
by dryingThe deliberate judgment of those who knew him [A. Lincoln] has
hardened
into tradition. The Century.
2.
To become confirmed or strengthened, in either a good or a bad sense.
They,
hardened
more by what might most reclaim. Milton.
Syn. – Impenetrable; hard; obdurate; callous; unfeeling; unsusceptible; insensible. See
Obdurate
. Webster 1828 Edition
Harden
H`ARDEN
,Verb.
T.
1.
To confirm in effrontery; to make impudent; as, to harden the face.2.
To make obstinate, unyielding or refractory; as, to harden the neck. Jer.19.3.
To confirm in wickedness, opposition or enmity; to make obdurate. Why then do ye harden your hearts, as Pharaoh and the Egyptians hardened their hearts? 1 Sam.6.
So God is said to harden the heart, when he withdraws the influences of his spirit from men, and leaves them to pursue their own corrupt inclinations.
4.
To make insensible or unfeeling; as, to harden one against impressions of pity or tenderness.5.
To make firm; to endure with constancy. I would harden myself in sorrow. Job.6.
6.
To inure; to render firm or less liable to injury, by exposure or use; as, to harden to a climate or to labor.H`ARDEN
,Verb.
I.
1.
To become unfeeling.2.
To become inured.3.
To indurate, as flesh.