harden


harden (http://definr.com/harden)

     v 1: become hard or harder; "The wax hardened" [ant: soften]
     2: make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter" [ant: soften]
     3: harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel" [syn:
         temper]
     4: make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest
        traveller" [syn: season]
     5:  cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was
        inured to the cold" [syn: inure]