Indurating

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Indurate \In"du*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indurated}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Indurating}.]
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   1. To make hard; as, extreme heat indurates clay; some
      fossils are indurated by exposure to the air.
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   2. To make unfeeling; to deprive of sensibility; to render
      obdurate.
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