From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
endure
v 1: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot
bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to
endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to
tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable
marriage" [syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach,
bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide,
suffer, put up]
2: face and withstand with courage; "She braved the elements"
[syn: weather, endure, brave, brave out]
3: continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went
without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions
survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver
lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can
a person last without food and water?" [syn: survive,
last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, {hold
out}]
4: undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many
saints suffered martyrdom" [syn: suffer, endure] [ant:
enjoy]
5: last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten
years" [syn: wear, hold out, endure]
6: persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather
lasted for three days" [syn: last, endure]
7: continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of
Elvis endures" [syn: prevail, persist, die hard, run,
endure]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Endure \En*dure"\, v. t.
1. To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support
without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain
degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and
weather.
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Both were of shining steel, and wrought so pure,
As might the strokes of two such arms endure.
--Dryden.
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2. To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or
without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear
up under; to put up with; to tolerate.
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I will no longer endure it. --Shak.
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Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake.
--2 Tim. ii.
10.
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How can I endure to see the evil that shall come
unto my people? --Esther viii.
6.
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3. To harden; to toughen; to make hardy. [Obs.]
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Manly limbs endured with little ease. --Spenser.
Syn: To last; remain; continue; abide; brook; submit to;
suffer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Endure \En*dure"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Endured; p. pr. & vb.
n. Enduring.] [F. endurer; pref. en- (L. in) + durer to
last. See Dure, v. i., and cf. Indurate.]
1. To continue in the same state without perishing; to last;
to remain.
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Their verdure still endure. --Shak.
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He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not
endure. --Job viii.
15.
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2. 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 endure, or can thine hands be strong
in the days that I shall deal with thee? --Ezek.
xxii. 14.
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