Dure
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /djÊŠÉ™/
Origin 1
From Middle English duren ("to last"), from Old French durer, from Latin durare
Full definition of dure
Verb
- (archaic) To last, continue, endure.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book IV: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 ....
Origin 2
From Latin dūrus.