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steel
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1
to fill with courage or strength of purpose<hoped that his talk would steel the youths in their pursuit of their dreams>— see encourage 1
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to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure<years of running a farm had steeled the hard-bitten woman>— see harden 2
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to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally<he had spent the night before steeling himself for the moment when he would demand a raise>— see fortify 1
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