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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English duren (“to last”), from Old French durer, from Latin durāre. Related to Dutch duren (“to last, dure”), German dauern (“to last, dure”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
dure (third-person singular simple present dures, present participle during, simple past and past participle dured)
- (archaic, intransitive) To last, continue, endure.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter primum, in Le Morte Darthur, book IV:
- she was one of the damoysels of the lake that hyȝte Nyneue / […] / And euer she maade Merlyn good chere tyl she had lerned of hym al maner thynge that she desyred and he was assoted vpon her that he myghte not be from her / Soo on a tyme he told kynge Arthur that he sholde not dure longe but for al his craftes he shold be put in the erthe quyck
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XIII:
- But he that was sowne in the stony grunde ys he, which heareth the worde of God, and anon with ioye receaveth itt, yet hath no rottes in himselfe, And therefore he dureth but a season […].
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter primum, in Le Morte Darthur, book IV:
Translations[edit]
to last, continue, endure
Etymology 2[edit]
From Latin dūrus. Doublet of dour.
Adjective[edit]
dure (comparative more dure, superlative most dure)
- (obsolete) hard; harsh; severe; rough
- W. H. Russell
- The winter is severe, and life is dure and rude.
- W. H. Russell
Anagrams[edit]
Asturian[edit]
Verb[edit]
dure
- first-person singular present subjunctive of durar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of durar
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
dure
Verb[edit]
dure
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
dure
- first-person singular present indicative of durer
- third-person singular present indicative of durer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of durer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of durer
- second-person singular imperative of durer
Adjective[edit]
dure
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ure
Adjective[edit]
dure
- Feminine plural of adjective duro.
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From dūrus (“hard, rough”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
dūrē (comparative dūrius, superlative dūrissimē)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- dure in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dure in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dure in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
Middle Dutch[edit]
Adjective[edit]
dure
- Alternative form of diere
Inflection[edit]
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
dure
- first-person singular present subjunctive of durar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of durar
- first-person singular imperative of durar
- third-person singular imperative of durar
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
dure
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