enharden

English

Etymology

en- + harden, with en- as an intensifying prefix.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

enharden (third-person singular simple present enhardens, present participle enhardening, simple past and past participle enhardened)

  1. (transitive) To harden; to render hard.
  2. (transitive) To fortify against adversity.

References

  1. The Oxford English Dictionary (2007).

Anagrams

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