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Definition of Hardens
1. harden [v] - See also: harden
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hardens
Literary usage of Hardens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"... sours the temper, and hardens the heart. Seattle, 7o WRAP. -va preterit and
part, pass, ... hardens ..."
2. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"When the engraver has completed his work upon a plate of this description, the
inventor hardens it again ; and in this hardened state it is capable of ..."
3. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll by Robert Green Ingersoll (1900)
"The heart hardens and the brain softens. The energies of man are wasted in a vain
effort to secure the protection of the supernatural. ..."
4. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"So called from the island of Portland, where it is quarried. It hardens by exposure
to the atmosphere. St Paul's Cathedral nnd Somerset House- (London) are ..."
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