endure
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See also enduré
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Etymology [edit]
From Middle English enduren, from Old French endurer, from Latin indūrō (“to make hard”). Displaced Old English drēogan, which survives dialectally as dree.
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
endure (third-person singular simple present endures, present participle enduring, simple past and past participle endured)
- (intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships.
- Keith Richards' popularity endured for decades.
- (transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
- (intransitive) To last.
- Our love will endure forever.
- (transitive) To suffer patiently.
- He endured years of pain.
- 2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, BBC Sport:
- Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley.
- (obsolete) To indurate.
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Translations [edit]
to continue despite obstacles
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to tolerate something
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to suffer
to last
References [edit]
- Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989
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Verb [edit]
endure
- first-person singular present indicative of endurer
- third-person singular present indicative of endurer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of endurer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of endurer
- second-person singular imperative of endurer
