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hardenverb to become physically firm or solidthe glue begins to harden as soon as it is exposed to air concrete, congeal, firm (up), freeze, indurate, set, solidify cake, callus, encrust(also incrust)clot, coagulate, gel, gelate, gelatinize, jell, jelly, stiffen, thickencalcify, crystallize(also crystalize), ossify, petrify, rigidifyanneal, case-harden, temper liquefy(also liquify), soften deliquesce, dissolve, flux, fuse, melt, smelt, thaw, unfreeze to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposurepioneer women who had been hardened by years of living on the plains fortify, indurate, inure, season, steel, strengthen, toughen acclimate, acclimatize, adapt, adjustanneal, temperinvigorate, vitalizeimmunizebolster, boost, brace, buttress, enforce, forearm, prop (up), reinforce(also reenforce), supportbreak in, limber (up), trainaccustom, condition, habituate, naturalize soften emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, sap, weakencripple, debilitate, hamstring, incapacitatesensitize to increase the ability of (as a muscle) to exert physical forcearm muscles that were hardened by all the years of casting and hauling his fishing nets beef (up), fortify, strengthen, toughen anneal, temperfirm (up), tone (up)energize, invigorate, vitalizerestrengthen debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, weaken cripple, incapacitate, paralyzedamage, harm, hurt, impair, injurebreak down, wear outsap, undercut, undermine to make more harsh, uncompromising, or severethe government hardened restrictions on travel to and from the war-torn nation harshen, stiffen, strengthen, toughen ameliorate, ease lessen, moderate, soften in the 13th century |