forharden

English

Etymology

From for- +‎ harden. Compare forhard.

Verb

forharden (third-person singular simple present forhardens, present participle forhardening, simple past and past participle forhardened)

1. (transitive) To make hard; harden up.
   • 1572, Golding, Calvin:

     They become forhardened, and shaking of the fears of God, do therewithal cast away the hope of salvation.

   • 2004, M. Kevin Johnson, c-22 to B&W - Photo.net Film and Processing Forum:

     With the old C-22 chemicals you had to "forharden" the film in order to not have the emulsion come off during processing.