"obdure" meaning in English

See obdure in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more obdure [comparative], most obdure [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} obdure (comparative more obdure, superlative most obdure)
  1. (obsolete) Synonym of obdurate Tags: obsolete Synonyms: obdurate [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-obdure-en-adj-kJFc85q4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18

Verb

Forms: obdures [present, singular, third-person], obduring [participle, present], obdured [participle, past], obdured [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} obdure (third-person singular simple present obdures, present participle obduring, simple past and past participle obdured)
  1. (obsolete) To harden. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-obdure-en-verb-AuMx1RTy

Inflected forms

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