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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENDU'RE, v.t. [L. durus, duro.]
1. To last; to continue in the same state without perishing; to remain; to abide.
The Lord shall endure forever. Psalms 9.
He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure. Job 8.
2. To bear; to brook; to suffer without resistance, or without yielding.
How can I endure to see the evil that shall come to my people? ESther 8.
Can thy heart endure, or thy hands be strong? Ezek 22.
ENDU'RE, v.t. To bear; to sustain; to support without breaking or yielding to force or pressure. Metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting.
Both were of shining steel, and wrought so pure.
As might the strokes of two such arms endure.
1. To bear with patience; to bear without opposition or sinking under the pressure.
Therefore, I endure all things for the elect's sake. 2 Timothy 2.
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons. Hebrews 12.
2. To undergo; to sustain.
I wish to die, yet dare not death endure.
3. To continue in. [Not used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" [syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up]
2: face and withstand with courage; "She braved the elements" [syn: weather, endure, brave, brave out]
3: continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" [syn: survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out]
4: undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom" [syn: suffer, endure] [ant: enjoy]
5: last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten years" [syn: wear, hold out, endure]
6: persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days" [syn: last, endure]
7: continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures" [syn: prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure]

Merriam Webster's

verb (endured; enduring) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French endurer, from Vulgar Latin *indurare, from Latin, to harden, from in- + durare to harden, endure — more at during Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to undergo (as a hardship) especially without giving in ; suffer <endured great pain> 2. to regard with acceptance or tolerance <could not endure noisy children> intransitive verb 1. to continue in the same state ; last <the style endured for centuries> 2. to remain firm under suffering or misfortune without yielding <though it is difficult, we must endure> Synonyms: see bear, continue

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 tr. undergo (a difficulty, hardship, etc.). 2 tr. a tolerate (a person) (cannot endure him). b (esp. with neg.; foll. by to + infin.) bear. 3 intr. remain in existence; last. 4 tr. submit to. Derivatives: endurable adj. endurability n. enduringly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF endurer f. L indurare harden (as IN-(2), durus hard)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Endure En*dure", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Endured; p. pr. & vb. n. Enduring.] [F. endurer; pref. en- (L. in) + durer to last. See Dure, v. i., and cf. Indurate.] 1. To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain. Their verdure still endure. --Shak. He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure. --Job viii. 15. 2. 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? --Ezek. xxii. 14.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Endure En*dure", v. t. 1. 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. --Dryden. 2. 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. --Shak. Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake. --2 Tim. ii. 10. How can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? --Esther viii. 6. 3. To harden; to toughen; to make hardy. [Obs.] Manly limbs endured with little ease. --Spenser. Syn: To last; remain; continue; abide; brook; submit to; suffer.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(endures, enduring, endured) 1. If you endure a painful or difficult situation, you experience it and do not avoid it or give up, usually because you cannot. The company endured heavy financial losses. VERB: V n 2. If something endures, it continues to exist without any loss in quality or importance. Somehow the language endures and continues to survive. = persist VERB: V • enduring ...the start of an enduring friendship. ADJ: usu ADJ n

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

en-dur':

Used in the Bible

(1) in the sense of "continue," "last," as in Ps 9:7, "The Lord shall endure for ever" (the American Standard Revised Version "Yahweh sitteth as king forever"); Ps 30:5, "Weeping may endure for a night" (the Revised Version (British and American) "tarry" margin "may come in to lodge at even"); Joh 6:27, "the meat which endureth," the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "the food which abideth";

(2) in the sense of "bear" (Heb 12:20): "bear up under," hardship, persecution, etc. (2Ti 3:11; 1Pe 2:19); "to remain under" (Heb 10:32; 12:2; Jas 1:12; 5:11); "to be strong, firm" (Heb 11:27); "to persevere" beneath a heavy burden (Mt 10:22).

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Bear, sustain, support, bear up under. 2. Suffer, undergo, experience, go through. 3. Brook, tolerate, abide, submit to, put up with, bear with, take patiently or easily. II. v. n. 1. Remain, continue, persist, last, abide, be permanent, be durable. 2. Bear, suffer, submit, resign one's self, be patient, take it patiently, take it easily or quietly, not fret about it.

Moby Thesaurus

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