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   inure

   /ɪˈnjʊə/

   verb

   • 1. accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant: "these children have been inured to violence"
   • 2. variant spelling of enure

   Word Origin late Middle Englishinure, enure, from an Anglo-Norman French phrase meaning ‘in use or practice’, from en ‘in’ + Old French euvre ‘work’ (from Latin opera).

   Derivatives

   • 1. inurement noun

   Scrabble Points: 5

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • U

     1

   • R

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   • E

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