OBDURATE
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Ob"du*rate (?), a. [L. obduratus, p. p. of obdurare to harden; ob (see Ob-)+ durare to harden, durus hard. See Dure.] 1. Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked.
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The very custom of evil makes the heart obdurate against whatsoever instructions to the contrary.
Hooker.
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Art thou obdurate, flinty, hard as steel,
Nay, more than flint, for stone at rain relenteth?
Shak.
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2. Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable. “Obdurate consonants.” Swift.
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&hand_; Sometimes accented on the second syllable, especially by the older poets.
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There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.
Cowper.
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Syn. -- Hard; firm; unbending; inflexible; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; impenitent; callous; unfeeling; insensible; unsusceptible. -- Obdurate, Callous, Hardened. Callous denotes a deadening of the sensibilities; as, a callous conscience. Hardened implies a general and settled disregard for the claims of interest, duty, and sympathy; as, hardened in vice. Obdurate implies an active resistance of the heart and will aganst the pleadings of compassion and humanity.
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-- Ob"du*rate*ly (#), adv. -- Ob"du*rate*ness, n.
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Ob"du*rate (?), v. t. To harden. [Obs.]
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