outdure

English

Etymology

out- +‎ dure

Verb

outdure (third-person singular simple present outdures, present participle outduring, simple past and past participle outdured)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To endure beyond; to outlast.
   • 1619–1620, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The False One. A Tragedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act II, scene i:

     Egyptians, dare you think your higheſt Pyramids,
     Built to out-dure the Sun, as you ſuppoſe,
     Where your unworthy Kings lye rak'd in Aſhes,
     Are Monuments fit for him?