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endure

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/

The English word “endure” has 6 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
  2. To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
  3. To last.
  4. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
  5. To suffer patiently.
  6. To indurate.

Etymology

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.

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