From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [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, stick out,
stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support,
brook, abide, suffer, put up]
2: face or endure with courage; "She braved the elements" [syn:
weather, brave, brave out]
3: continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and
food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the
backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through
several very serious accidents" [syn: survive, last,
live, live on, go, hold up, hold out]
4: undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many
saints suffered martyrdom" [syn: suffer] [ant: enjoy]
5: last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten
years" [syn: wear, hold out]
6: persist or be long; in time; "The bad weather lasted for
three days" [syn: last]
7: continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of
Elvis endures" [syn: prevail, persist, die hard,
run]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Both were of shining steel, and wrought so pure,
As might the strokes of two such arms endure.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
I will no longer endure it. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake.
--2 Tim. ii.
10.
[1913 Webster]
How can I endure to see the evil that shall come
unto my people? --Esther viii.
6.
[1913 Webster]
3. To harden; to toughen; to make hardy. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
Manly limbs endured with little ease. --Spenser.
Syn: To last; remain; continue; abide; brook; submit to;
suffer.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Their verdure still endure. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not
endure. --Job viii.
15.
[1913 Webster]
2. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer
patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity;
to hold out.
[1913 Webster]
Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong
in the days that I shall deal with thee? --Ezek.
xxii. 14.
[1913 Webster]