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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Indurit, p.p. Also: indureit, -dured, -durd. [e.m.E. indured (1535), p.p. of Indure v.2] Hardened in heart; obstinate, ingrained.(a) 1558 Q. Kennedy Tractive 144.
The indurit opinioun quhilk he consavis 1560 Rolland Seven S. 10714.
Continuall sin, With indurit hart, euer to ly thairin 1562-3 Winȝet I. 37/25.
Thay … indurit as Pharao with haldis the peple of God in thraldum1563 St. A. Kirk
S. 184.
[A] manifest indurit huyr mongar1558-66 Knox II. 427.
Be the ressoun of hir indureit blindnes1567 G. Ball. 148.
Indurit ignorance hes slain thy hart Ib. 178.
The cruell kirkmen … Quhilk bene indurit 1572 Reg. Privy C. II. 121.
Thair indurit and disperat evill will 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 44 b.
Thay had indurit and hardint hartis Ib. 45.
The sensuall and naturall man, indurit be incredulitie(b) 1588 King Cat. 146.
That [obstinacy] … quhilk maks the mynde of man stubbornlie indured aganis gud admonition c1590 Fowler I. 210/14.
I … am asseurd Her godlines dois mak her mair indurd
