'Endure' definitions:
Definition of 'endure'
(from WordNet)
verb
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]
verb
verb
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]
verb
Undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom" [syn: suffer, endure] [ant: enjoy]
verb
verb
Persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days" [syn: last, endure]
verb
Definition of 'Endure'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Endure'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'endure'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abide,
- abide with,
- abiding,
- advance,
- afford,
- allow for,
- be exposed to,
- be proof against,
- be spared,
- be subjected to,
- be tough,
- bear,
- bear up,
- bear up against,
- bear with,
- bide,
- blink at,
- brave,
- brook,
- carry on,
- carry through,
- cease not,
- cheat death,
- condone,
- connive at,
- continue,
- continue to be,
- continue to exist,
- continuing,
- countenance,
- defeat time,
- defy,
- defy time,
- disregard,
- diuturnal,
- drag on,
- durable,
- dwell,
- elapse,
- encounter,
- enduring,
- exist,
- experience,
- expire,
- extend,
- face,
- feel,
- firm,
- flit,
- flow,
- flow on,
- fly,
- glide,
- go,
- go along,
- go by,
- go on,
- go through,
- hang in,
- hang in there,
- hang on,
- hang tough,
- harden,
- have,
- hear of,
- hold,
- hold on,
- hold out,
- hold out against,
- hold steady,
- hold up,
- ignore,
- indulge,
- inveterate,
- jog on,
- keep,
- keep alive,
- keep at,
- keep at it,
- keep driving,
- keep going,
- keep on,
- keep trying,
- keep up,
- know,
- labor under,
- lapse,
- last,
- last long,
- last out,
- leave unavenged,
- let it go,
- lifelong,
- linger,
- live,
- live on,
- live through,
- long-lasting,
- long-lived,
- lump,
- lump it,
- maintain,
- make allowances for,
- meet,
- meet up with,
- meet with,
- never cease,
- never-failing,
- not accept compromise,
- old,
- overlook,
- pass,
- pass by,
- pass over,
- pass through,
- pay,
- perdurable,
- perdure,
- perduring,
- perennate,
- perennial,
- permanent,
- persevere,
- persist,
- pocket,
- pocket the affront,
- press on,
- prevail,
- proceed,
- put up with,
- rebuff,
- regard with indulgence,
- remain,
- repel,
- repulse,
- resist,
- resolute,
- roll on,
- run,
- run its course,
- run on,
- run out,
- run up against,
- slide,
- slip,
- slog on,
- solid,
- sound,
- spare,
- spare the price,
- spend,
- stable,
- stagger on,
- stand,
- stand for,
- stand under,
- stand up,
- staunch,
- stay,
- stay on,
- steadfast,
- steady,
- stick,
- stiffen,
- stomach,
- strengthen,
- sturdy,
- submit to,
- subsist,
- substantial,
- suffer,
- support,
- support life,
- survive,
- sustain,
- swallow,
- take,
- take it,
- take up with,
- tarry,
- taste,
- temper,
- tide over,
- tolerate,
- toughen,
- undergo,
- unfaltering,
- unqualified,
- unquestioning,
- wear,
- wear well,
- weather,
- well afford,
- wholehearted,
- wink at,
- withstand