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dures

dures is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 dures

What is dures the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dures is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dure.

Words near dures in the dictionary

  1. Duren
  2. Durendal
  3. durene
  4. durenes
  5. Durens
  6. dures
  7. Duresm
  8. duress
  9. duress of circumstances
  10. duress password
  11. duress passwords

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