endure
verbEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Italic *dūros Latin dūrūs Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin dūrō Latin indūrō Latin indūrāreder. Old French endurerbor. Middle English enduren English endure From Middle English enduren, from Old French endurer, from Latin indūrō (“to make hard”). Displaced Old English drēogan, which survives dialectally as dree. Doublet of dure.
Definitions
To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships
To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
- The singer's popularity endured for decades.
- […] 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.
To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
To last.
- Our love will endure forever.
- He ſhall leane vpon his houſe, but it ſhall not ſtand: he ſhal hold it faſt, but it ſhall not endure.
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To remain firm, as under trial or suffering
To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
- Can thine heart indure, or can thine hands be ſtrong in the dayes that I ſhall deale with thee?
To suffer patiently.
- He endured years of pain.
To indurate.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at endure. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at endure. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at endure
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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