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Definition of Inure
1. Verb. Cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate. "He was inured to the cold"
Specialized synonyms: Callous, Cauterise, Cauterize, Brace Oneself For, Prepare For, Steel Oneself Against, Steel Onself For
Generic synonyms: Accustom, Habituate
Definition of Inure
1. v. t. 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.
2. v. i. 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.
Definition of Inure
1. Verb. (transitive) To cause (someone) to become accustomed (to something); to habituate. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive chiefly legal) To take effect, to be operative. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inure
1. to accustom to accept something undesirable [v -URED, -URING, -URES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inure
Literary usage of Inure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1918)
"Tlis title thus acquired was held to inure to the benefit of the one who held
... A title thereafter acquired by the mortgagor has been : held to inure to ..."
2. The American and English Encyclopaedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, James Cockcroft, Lucius Polk McGehee, Charles Porterfield (1904)
"Surety under an execution does not inure to the 6. Lessor Release of Security Given
... Stewart, 24 Ohio St. not inure to the benefit of the ..."
3. A Selection of Leading Cases in Equity: With Notes by Frederick Thomas White, Owen Davies Tudor, John Innes Clark Hare, Horace Binney Wallace (1877)
"... to different uses; but in such cases I think a recovery would not inure to
make good such former declaration of uses, but only the uses of the purchase. ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"... so that after her death it might remain and inure unto the heirs of her body
by the said Charles Croxall, according to the uses limited and declared by ..."
5. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1918)
"... 5098), provides that, where the person to whom a patent issues is dead at the
time, the title shall inure to and become vested in his heirs, devisees, ..."
6. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1892)
"title, however, will not pass by quitclaim deed, but will inure to the grantor.1 ual
to pass a title as a deed of bargain and sale, still like all other ..."
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