different between inure vs constrain

English

Alternative forms

• enure

Etymology

From in- +? ure (“practise, exercise”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??nj??/, /??nj??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??nj??/

Verb

inure (third-person singular simple present inures, present participle inuring, simple past and past participle inured)

1. (transitive) To cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or more unpleasantries. [from 16th c.]

   Synonyms: habituate, harden, toughen

   • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 12 p. 196[1]:

     Matcht with as valiant men, and of as cleane a might,

     As skilfull to commaund, and as inur’d to fight.

   • 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 6

     To none of these evidences of a fearful tragedy of a long dead day did little Tarzan give but passing heed. His wild jungle life had inured him to the sight of dead and dying animals, and had he known that he was looking upon the remains of his own father and mother he would have been no more greatly moved.

   • 1996, Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World

     As Tom Paine warned, inuring us to lies lays the groundwork for many other evils.
2. (intransitive, chiefly law) To take effect, to be operative. [from 16th c.]

3. (transitive, obsolete) To commit.

Translations

Anagrams

• Nueir, ruine, urine

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /i?nu?.re/, [??nu???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i?nu.re/, [i?nu???]

Verb

in?re

1. second-person singular present active imperative of in?r?

English

Etymology

From Middle English constreinen, from Old French constreindre, from Latin c?nstring?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?st?e?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n
• Hyphenation: con?strain

Verb

constrain (third-person singular simple present constrains, present participle constraining, simple past and past participle constrained)

1. (transitive) To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
2. (transitive) To keep within close bounds; to confine.
3. (transitive) To reduce a result in response to limited resources.

Related terms

• constraint
• constrict
• restrain
• strain

Translations

Anagrams

• consarn it, consarnit, introscan, non-racist, nonracist, transonic