Another word for toughen

To become or cause to become tough or strong

• strengthen

  1. To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify; to reinforce.
  2. To animate; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to fix in resolution; to hearten.
  3. To augment; to improve; to intensify.

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  1. To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify; to reinforce.
  2. To animate; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to fix in resolution; to hearten.
  3. To augment; to improve; to intensify.

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To make resistant to hardship, especially through continued exposure

• acclimate

  1. To accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt.
  2. To accustom or become accustomed to a different climate, environment, or circumstances, as by physiological or psychological changes

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  1. To accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt.
  2. To accustom or become accustomed to a different climate, environment, or circumstances, as by physiological or psychological changes

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• acclimatize

  1. To adapt oneself, especially to environmental or climatic changes.
  2. To become acclimated or adapted.
  3. To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.

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  1. To adapt oneself, especially to environmental or climatic changes.
  2. To become acclimated or adapted.
  3. To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.

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• caseharden

  1. (By extension) To make insensitive to hardship
  2. To harden the surface or case of (iron or steel) by high-temperature shallow infusion of carbon followed by quenching.
  3. (Metallurgy) To form a hard, thin surface on (an iron alloy)

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  1. (By extension) To make insensitive to hardship
  2. To harden the surface or case of (iron or steel) by high-temperature shallow infusion of carbon followed by quenching.
  3. (Metallurgy) To form a hard, thin surface on (an iron alloy)

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• harden

  1. To take on a disapproving or severe appearance:
  2. To rise and become stable. Used of prices.
  3. To become fixed, settled, or less subject to change:

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  1. To take on a disapproving or severe appearance:
  2. To rise and become stable. Used of prices.
  3. To become fixed, settled, or less subject to change:

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• indurate

  1. To grow hard; harden.
  2. To cause to be firmly established
  3. To become firmly fixed or established.

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  1. To grow hard; harden.
  2. To cause to be firmly established
  3. To become firmly fixed or established.

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• season

  1. To make used to; accustom; inure; acclimate
  2. To become seasoned, as wood by drying
  3. To treat or dry (lumber, for example) until ready for use; cure.

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  1. To make used to; accustom; inure; acclimate
  2. To become seasoned, as wood by drying
  3. To treat or dry (lumber, for example) until ready for use; cure.

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