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/ɛndjˈʊrɪŋ/ /ɪndˈʊrɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Endure v. t.

To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather. "Both were of shining steel, and wrought so pure, As might the strokes of two such arms endure."

To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate. "I will no longer endure it." "Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake." "How can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people?"

To harden; to toughen; to make hardy. (Obs.) "Manly limbs endured with little ease."

Synonyms: To last; remain; continue; abide; brook; submit to; suffer.

Endure v. i. (past & past part. endured; pres. part. enduring)

To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain. "Their verdure still endure." "He shall hold it (his house) fast, but it shall not endure."

To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out. "Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee?"

adjective

Enduring adj. Lasting; durable; long-suffering; as, an enduring disposition. "A better and enduring substance."

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Etymology of 'Enduring'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... undertook the conquest of Florida after this, and took six hundred men with him for the purpose. They wandered through the Gulf States to the Mississippi, enduring much, and often forced to occupy the same room at night. De Soto in 1541 discovered the Mississippi River, thus adding to the ...

— Comic History of the United States • Bill Nye

... small imitators of the manner of Macaulay. He bade the historian first get sure facts, then tell them in due order, simply and without exaggeration or toil after fine writing; though he should aim not the less at an enduring grace given by Nature to the Art that does not stray from her, and simply speaks the highest ...

— Trips to the Moon • Lucian

... then he ventured to remark to Frances, with as much respect as tenderness, that it pained him to see her enduring privations injurious at her age, because she preferred incurring these devotional expenses. But what answer could he make to this excellent mother, when she replied with tears: "My child, 'tis for the salvation of your ...

— The Wandering Jew, Complete • Eugene Sue

... Wortley, spoke in favour of the measure. Several of the Irish members anticipated a great improvement in the Roman Catholic priesthood, and Lord John Russell, while he supported the motion, expressed a hope that it was the commencement of a series of measures which would unite the two countries in an enduring bond. On a division, the motion for leave to bring in the bill was carried by a large majority; but the measure, though destined to become law, was subsequently most strenuously opposed, both in and ...

— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. - From George III. to Victoria • E. Farr and E. H. Nolan

... passed her on the platform. It was not of Aline Gardner's condescending congratulations, or Dorothy's ardent, impulsive good wishes. It was of one strange, unaccountable pang that spoiled this long-expected day for her and left in it a certain faint but enduring flavor of bitterness. ...

— Anne Of The Island • Lucy Maud Montgomery

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