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endures

endures is the third-person singular simple present indicative of endure.

Meaning of endure

Verb

endure (third-person singular simple present endures, present participle enduring, simple past and past participle endured)

  1. (intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
    • The singer's popularity endured for decades.
  2. (transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
  3. (intransitive) To last.
    • Our love will endure forever.
  4. 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?1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 22:14, column 1
  5. (transitive) To suffer patiently.
    • He endured years of pain.
    Synonyms:
    accept, thole, withstand
  6. (obsolete) To indurate.

Questions about endures

What is endures the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Endures is the third-person singular simple present indicative of endure.

Words near endures in the dictionary

  1. endure
  2. endured
  3. endurement
  4. endurer
  5. endurers
  6. endures
  7. endurest
  8. endureth
  9. enduring
  10. enduringly
  11. enduringness

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