endure : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: endure	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for endure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
endure v 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" Synonym(s): digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up face and withstand with courage; "She braved the elements" Synonym(s): weather, endure, brave, brave out 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?" Synonym(s): survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom" Synonym(s): suffer, endure Antonym(s): enjoy last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten years" Synonym(s): wear, hold out, endure persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days" Synonym(s): last, endure continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures" Synonym(s): prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Endure \Endure"\, 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. Both were of shining steel, and wrought so pure, As might the strokes of two such arms endure. --Dryden. 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. I will no longer endure it. --Shak. Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake. --2 Tim. ii. 10. How can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? --Esther viii. 6. 3. To harden; to toughen; to make hardy. [Obs.] Manly limbs endured with little ease. --Spenser. Syn: To last; remain; continue; abide; brook; submit to; suffer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. Their verdure still endure. --Shak. He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure. --Job viii. 15. 2. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out. Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee? --Ezek. xxii. 14.