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Word of the Day - Inure

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inure

/ɪˈnjʊə//ɪˈnjɔː/
verb
[with object]
usually be inured: to Accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant.

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

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