Hard"en , v. i. 1. To
become hard or harder; to
acquire solidity, or more compactness; as, mortar hardens by drying.
The deliberate judgment of those who knew him [A.
Lincoln] has hardened into tradition.
The
Century. 2. To become confirmed or strengthened, in either a good
or a bad sense.
They, hardened more by what
might most reclaim.
Milton.
Hard"en (härd"'n),
v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hardened
(-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hardening
(-'n*&ibreve;ng).]
[OE. hardnen,
hardenen.] 1. To make hard or
harder; to make firm or
compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron.
2. To accustom by labor or suffering to endure with constancy; to strengthen; to stiffen; to inure; also, to confirm in
wickedness or shame; to make unimpressionable. "Harden not your heart." Ps. xcv.
8.
I would
harden myself in sorrow.
Job vi. 10.
Hear it pronounced