• Endure

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ɪnˈdjʊə̯(ɹ)/, /ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə̯(ɹ)/
    • US IPA: /ɪnˈd(j)ʊɹ/
    • Rhymes: -ÊŠÉ™(r)

    Alternative forms

    Origin

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

    Full definition of endure

    Verb

    1. (intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships.The singer's popularity endured for decades.
    2. (transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
    3. (intransitive) To last.Our love will endure forever.
      • Bible, Job viii. 15He shall hold it house fast, but it shall not endure.
    4. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
      • Bible, Ezekiel xxii. 14Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee?
    5. (transitive) To suffer patiently.He endured years of pain.
      • 2011, April 11, Phil McNulty, Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City, 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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