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harden

/ˈhɑɹdn̩/ verb

In Latin: dūrescō, rigēscō Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about harden at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Become hard or harder.
    The wax hardened
  2. Make hard or harder.
    The cold hardened the butter
  3. Harden by reheating and cooling in oil.
    temper steel

Origin

From Middle English hardenen, equivalent to hard + -en. Cognate with Danish hærdne (“to harden; cure”), Swedish hårdna (“to harden”), Norwegian herdne (“to harden”), Icelandic harðna (“to harden”).

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