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   Endure , 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.]
   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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   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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   Endure, v. t.
   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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   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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   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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