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Inured: I admit I had to check on its spelling before writing it, but it seemed to be the one word that summed up the people I spoke to yesterday, so here is the dictionary entry I found.

in·ure also en·ure (ĭn-yʊr')
tr.v., -ured, -ur·ing, -ures.
To habituate to something undesirable, especially by prolonged subjection;


Translations below - to get the message across...

Nederlands (Dutch)
doen wennen aan, van kracht worden, voordelig worden

Français (French)
endurcir


Deutsch (German)
v. - gewöhnen, abhärten


Ελληνική (Greek)
v. εξοικειώνω, συνηθίζω ή εθίζω (σε κάτι ανεπιθύμητο ή δυσάρεστο)

Italiano (Italian)
abituare


Português (Portuguese)
v. - habituar


Русский (Russian)
приучать, вступать в силу

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - acostumbrar, habituar


Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vänja, härda, träda i kraft, utfalla, vara till nytta


中国话 (Simplified Chinese)
v. tr. - 使习惯


中國話 (Traditional Chinese)
v. tr. - 使習慣


日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 慣れさせる, 鍛える, 効力を生ずる, 役立つ


العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يمرس, أو يعود نفسه‏

עברית‬ (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הרגיל אדם לדבר לא-נעים, חישל, חיסן, נכנס לתוקף (חוק)‬

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