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obdured

/əbˈdjʊəd/

obdured is the simple past and past participle of obdure.

Meaning of obdure

Verb

obdure (third-person singular simple present obdures, present participle obduring, simple past and past participle obdured)

  1. (obsolete) To harden.
    • This saw his hapless foes, but stood obdur'd.1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

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Words formed from obdured

Questions about obdured

What is obdured the simple past and past participle of?
Obdured is the simple past and past participle of obdure.
How do you pronounce obdured?
Obdured is pronounced /əbˈdjʊəd/.

Words near obdured in the dictionary

  1. obduration
  2. obdurations
  3. obdurator
  4. obdurators
  5. obdure
  6. obdured
  7. obduredness
  8. obdures
  9. obduring
  10. obe
  11. obe ata

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Adapted from Wiktionary: obdured (page history and authors); obdure (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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