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dured

dured is the simple past and past participle of dure.

Meaning of dure

Verb

dure (third-person singular simple present dures, present participle during, simple past and past participle dured)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To last, continue, endure.
    • Soo on a tyme he told kynge Arthur that he sholde not dure longe […]1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “primum”, in Le Morte Darthur, book IV

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Questions about dured

What is dured the simple past and past participle of?
Dured is the simple past and past participle of dure.

Words near dured in the dictionary

  1. dure
  2. durean
  3. dureans
  4. durectomies
  5. durectomy
  6. dured
  7. dureful
  8. dureing
  9. dureless
  10. Durell
  11. Durells

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