îndura

Pronunciation: /ɨn.duˈra/

“îndura” is a Romanian word. Its 7 meanings in English:

verb

to have mercy, take pity
to deign
to be cruel, be indifferent to someone’s suffering
to have the heart (bring oneself to do something that harms one’s sensibilities)
to have the heart to leave
to endure, bear, suffer, withstand
to allow

In Romanian

(v.tranz.) a suporta cu răbdare un necaz, o durere, o boală etc.; a pătimi, a suferi.
(v.refl.) a se arăta milos, bun; a se îndupleca.
(v.refl.) a-i fi milă cuiva de cineva.
(v.refl.) a consimți, a-l lăsa pe cineva inima să..., a se hotărî.

Etymology

Inherited from Latin indūrāre. The original, now obsolete meaning of “be hardhearted”, a continuation of the Latin, was a negative polarity item whose sense reversed after simplification of its negative construction. This semantic reversal had already occurred by the earliest attestations of the word, and the opposing usages can even be found in the same work. The reflex of the Latin meaning,…

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