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Definition of Toughen
1. Verb. Make tough or tougher. "This experience will toughen her"
Definition of Toughen
1. v. i. & t. To grow or make tough, or tougher.
Definition of Toughen
1. Verb. (transitive) To make tough. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To become tough. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Toughen
1. to make tough [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: tough
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toughen
Literary usage of Toughen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"toughen, inure, indurate, callous (rare). S. Referring to the feelings, morale,
etc. .... toughen ..."
2. Sixty Years a Brickmaker: A Practical Treatise on Brickmaking and Burning by J. W. Crary (1890)
"How to toughen or Anneal Brick While Burning. If the readers will look carefully
over the preceding chapters of this book they will get enough information ..."
3. Sixty Years a Brickmaker: A Practical Treatise on Brickmaking and Burning by J. W. Crary (1890)
"How to toughen or Anneal Brick While Burning. If the readers will look carefully
over the preceding chapters of this book they will get enough information ..."
4. The Missouri Yearbook of Agriculture: Annual Report by State Board of Agriculture, Missouri State Board of Agriculture, Missouri (1867)
"Shut the air-holes, put a quart or so of salt upon a pan of coals in the stove
room, and let the charge stand a short time—thin will toughen them. ..."
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