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Definition of Endure
1. Verb. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant. "Sam cannot endure Sue "; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
Specialized synonyms: Accept, Live With, Swallow, Hold Still For, Stand For, Bear Up, Take Lying Down, Take A Joke, Sit Out, Pay
Generic synonyms: Allow, Countenance, Let, Permit
Related verbs: Suffer
Derivative terms: Abidance, Bearable, Endurance, Sufferance, Tolerance, Tolerant, Tolerant, Toleration
2. Verb. Face and withstand with courage. "She braved the elements"
Generic synonyms: Defy, Hold, Hold Up, Withstand
Derivative terms: Brave
3. Verb. Continue to live through hardship or adversity. "The business is going to endure "; "How long can a person last without food and water?"
Entails: Be, Live
Related verbs: Be, Live, Exist, Live, Subsist, Survive
Specialized synonyms: Hold Up, Hold Water, Stand Up, Perennate, Live Out
Derivative terms: Endurance, Survival
4. Verb. Undergo or be subjected to. "Many saints suffered martyrdom"
Specialized synonyms: Tolerate, Die
Generic synonyms: Experience, Go Through, See
Antonyms: Enjoy
5. Verb. Last and be usable. "The sheets didn't endure"; "This dress wore well for almost ten years"
6. Verb. Persist for a specified period of time. "The bad weather lasted for three days"
Specialized synonyms: Run, Run For, Hold Out, Wear, Drag On, Drag Out
Generic synonyms: Measure
7. Verb. Continue to exist. "The legend of Elvis endures"
Generic synonyms: Continue
Specialized synonyms: Carry Over, Reverberate
Related verbs: Run
Derivative terms: Diehard, Persistent, Prevalence, Prevalent
Definition of Endure
1. v. i. To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.
2. 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.
Definition of Endure
1. Verb. (intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To last. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To suffer patiently. ¹
5. Verb. (obsolete) To indurate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Endure
1. to last [v -DURED, -DURING, -DURES] - See also: last
Lexicographical Neighbors of Endure
Literary usage of Endure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1813)
"... who never could endure the thoughts of that infamous yoke of ... which never
were in form of a city or town ; for the Indians cannot endure any formal ..."
2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1796)
"... endure the wintry main? Few leagues remov'd, we wifh our peaceful feat, When
the fhip ... endure ..."
3. A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain (1880)
"May this good fellowship endure; may these banners here blended hi amity, so
remain; may they never any more wave over opposing hosts, or be stained with ..."
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