| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| Inure (pronounced usually in-YOOR, but sometimes also in-OOR) is the more frequent of these two Standard spellings (enure is more often British than American). The word has two meanings: “to get used to” or “to learn to put up with something unpleasant,” as in She became inured to his constant hovering over her, and “to become useful or advantageous, to accrue,” as in The long hours of practice ultimately inured to his benefit. The preposition to is most commonly found in combination with inure/enure, as in the preceding examples, but in the “accrue” sense for may also occur: All these hardships will eventually inure [enure] for our benefit. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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