soften

soften, stiffen, thicken, weaken, melt, calcify, loosen, deteriorate, corrode, crystallize, erode, discolour, coagulate, intensify, congeal, abrades, discolor, tenderize, desiccate, dissipate, fortify, disintegrate, curdle, strengthen, sharpen, inflame, moisten, darken, constrict, crumble, subside, normalize, caramelise, caramelize, solidify, flatten, uncurl, seep, toughen, reinforce, polarize, coarsen, roughen, deform, embitter, overgrow, irritate, grate, embolden, soak, thawed, diminish, lengthen, shatter, delaminate, stoke, heighten, worsen, tighten, fester, denature, degrade, tamps, abate, ossify, deepen, unmold, blacken, overmix, wane, accumulate, stir, crystalize, persist, aggravate, warms, ripen, percolate, frost heaving, distend, deflate, wither, smoothen, cauterise, evaporate, parboil, agitate, sink, caking, escalate, presoak, redden, shrivel, oxidize, precook, linger, encrust, alter, marinate, waterlog, sprout, atomize, albert, baker, collier, elliott, morgan, ross, stein, anthony, arnold, austin, baldwin, barnes, beck, benjamin, benton, bismarck, blair, boone, bunker, carpenter, hardened, unhardened, cast, annealed, austenitic, rolled, uncoated, alloy, alloyed, corroded, quenched, resisting, sintered, stainless, abraded, galvanized, harder, lapped, machined, membraneous

brace oneself for, callous, callus, face-harden, prepare for, steel oneself against, steel onself for

., atomic number 42, cucurbita pepo melopepo, face-harden, fire, fix, gum, high-strength brass, lignin, manganese bronze, mo, molybdenum, summer squash, summer squash vine, temper, vulcanisation, vulcanization

accustom, change, habituate, modify

inure, season