Definition of "endure"

endure

/ɪnˈdjʊə̯(ɹ)/

verb
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.
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  […] The life that almost dies in me:That dies not, but endures with pain,⁠And slowly forms the firmer mind,⁠Treasuring the look it cannot find,The words that are not heard again.
  1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], canto XVIII, page 30
2. (transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
3. (intransitive) To last.
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  He ſhall leane vpon his houſe, but it ſhall not ſtand: he ſhal hold it faſt, but it ſhall not endure.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Job 8:15, column 2
4. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
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  Can thine heart indure, or can thine hands be ſtrong in the dayes that I ſhall deale with thee?
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Ezekiel 22:14, column 1
5. (transitive) To suffer patiently.
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  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.
  2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport‎
6. (obsolete) To indurate.

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