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endurcir

to harden

verb ahn-dyoor-SEER Rare
Body & Health Health & Illness

Also means

to toughen

Usage Note

Endurcir is used both literally (to harden a material) and figuratively (to toughen a person through hardship). The reflexive s'endurcir means to become hardened or inured to difficulty. The adjective endurci (hardened) is common: un criminel endurci (a hardened criminal). Related: endurance, endurer (to endure, bear).

Examples

"L'entraînement l'a endurci."

Natural Translation

Training has toughened him.

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