"enharden" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɛnˈhɑːdə̆n/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɛnˈhɑɹdən/ [General-American] Forms: enhardens [present, singular, third-person], enhardening [participle, present], enhardened [participle, past], enhardened [past]
Etymology: en- + harden, with en- as an intensifying prefix. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|en|harden}} en- + harden Head templates: {{en-verb}} enharden (third-person singular simple present enhardens, present participle enhardening, simple past and past participle enhardened)
  1. (transitive) To harden; to render hard. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-enharden-en-verb-K~2LE~Bj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with en- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 50 50
  2. (transitive) To fortify against adversity. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-enharden-en-verb-OD9Fk4Zt Categories (other): English terms prefixed with en- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 50 50

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for enharden meaning in English (1.7kB)

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