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Meaning of intenerate | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
ɪnˈtɛnəɹeɪt

Definitions

To soften; tenderize.

transitive

Examples

“Fear intenerates the heart.”
“So have I seen the little purls of a stream […] intenerate the stubborn pavement.”
“Unable to resist these intenerating considerations, his regrets, lively at first, melt at last, melt quite away and pass over, softly, into the celebrated conviction that all is well, or at least for the best.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

intenerated intenerates intenerating intensate intensated intensates

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