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See also: enduré

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    From Middle English enduren, from Old French endurer, from Latin indūrō (to make hard). Displaced Old English drēogan, which survives dialectally as dree.

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    endure (third-person singular simple present endures, present participle enduring, simple past and past participle endured)

    1. (intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
      Synonyms: carry on, plug away; see also Thesaurus:persevere
      The singer's popularity endured for decades.
    2. (transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
      Synonyms: bear, thole, take; see also Thesaurus:tolerate
    3. (intransitive) To last.
      Synonyms: go on, hold on, persist; see also Thesaurus:persist
      Our love will endure forever.
    4. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
      Synonyms: resist, survive, withstand
    5. (transitive) To suffer patiently.
      Synonyms: accept, thole, withstand
      He endured years of pain.
      • 2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport[1]:
        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.
    6. (obsolete) To indurate.

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    endure

    1. inflection of endurer:
      1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
      2. second-person singular imperative

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    endure

    1. inflection of endurar:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative