endure
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endure
- /ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/
- [ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə̯(ɹ)]
- /ɪnˈd͡ʒɔː(ɹ)/
- /ɪnˈdjʊə(ɹ)/
- [ɪnˈdjʊə̯(ɹ)]
- /ɪnˈdjɔː(ɹ)/
- /ɪnˈd͡ʒɵː/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ɪnˈd͡ʒoː/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ɪnˈd(j)ʊɹ/ US
- /ɪnˈdɝ/ US
Rhymes with -ʊə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Latin indūrō
Latin indūrāreder.
Old French endurerbor.
Middle English enduren
English endure
From Middle English enduren, from Old French endurer, from Latin indūrō (“to make hard”). Displaced Old English drēogan, which survives dialectally as dree. Doublet of dure.
verb endures · enduring · endured · enduer · indure
- To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist. The singer's popularity endured for decades.
- To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
- To last. Our love will endure forever.
- 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 indure, or can thine hands be ſtrong in the dayes that I ſhall deale with thee?
- To suffer patiently. He endured years of pain.
- To indurate.
