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Definition of inure verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

inure

verb
 
/ɪˈnjʊə(r)/
 
/ɪˈnjʊr/
Word Originlate 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).
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they inure
 
/ɪˈnjʊə(r)/
 
/ɪˈnjʊr/
he / she / it inures
 
/ɪˈnjʊəz/
 
/ɪˈnjʊrz/
past simple inured
 
/ɪˈnjʊəd/
 
/ɪˈnjʊrd/
past participle inured
 
/ɪˈnjʊəd/
 
/ɪˈnjʊrd/
-ing form inuring
 
/ɪˈnjʊərɪŋ/
 
/ɪˈnjʊrɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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