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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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"Enduring" Quotes from Famous Books

... Augusta, I admit. But what I was going on to say was that for clear monotony the dinner programmes ever since Paris have beaten the record. Bramley told me how it would be. Consommy, he said—that's soup—consommy, the whole enduring time. Fish frite or fried, roast beef a l'Italienne or mixed up with vegetables. Beans—well, just beans, and if you don't like 'em you can leave 'em, but that fourth course is never anything but beans. After that you ...

— A Voyage of Consolation - (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An - American girl in London') • Sara Jeannette Duncan

... skillful swordsman in Paris; he was always lucky at cards, and could drink to any extent without becoming intoxicated. For the rest, he was a man of great delicacy and honour, in his way—ready to run any risk to help or support a friend, and capable of enduring any amount of torture rather than betray his comrades—so that he enjoyed the universal and unbounded esteem ...

— Captain Fracasse • Theophile Gautier

... powerful, vigorous, enduring, durable, tough; portly, fleshy, corpulent, thickset, obese, ...

— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming

... "Enduring supremacy, the supremacy that will be acknowledged is supremacy of character, supremacy of deportment, supremacy in justice and fair play. We have irreparably lost our hold upon the Negro because we lack these attributes. We ...

— Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly - A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. • David Bryant Fulton

... hard life into one which appeared by contrast a heaven of peace and kindness and affection. She often said frankly, "That was the happiest event of my life. I can never be thankful enough to him or love him enough. Sometimes I dream I am back again enduring that dreadful life in Australia, and when I wake and realize that I am here in our own little cottage, thousands of miles from Australia, I am freshly happy ...

— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 • Various

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