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comparative more obdure, superlative most obdure
(obsolete) Synonym of obdurate quotations
The Ages in their grovvth vvax worſe & vvorſe. / The firſt vvas pretious, full of golden reſt. / Siluer ſucceeded; good, but not ſo pure: / Then loue and harmleſſe luſts might currant paſſe: / The third that follovves vve finde more obdure, / And that vve title by the Age of Braſſe.
1613, Thomas Heywood, “[Prologue]”, in The Brazen Age, […], London: […] Nicholas Okes, […], signature B, recto
third-person singular simple present obdures, present participle obduring, simple past and past participle obdured
(obsolete) To harden. quotations
This saw his hapless foes, but stood obdur'd.
1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873,
[…] this spiritual edge shall either turn again, or, through our weak wieldance, not enter the stubborn and thick hide of obdured hearts […]
1626, Joseph Hall, Saint Paul's Combat. Part II