enure
enure verb: to inure; to make accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant due to constant exposure.
Verb
enure (third-person singular simple present enures, present participle enuring, simple past and past participle enured)
- To inure; to make accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant due to constant exposure.
- To take effect, to be operative; used with to.
- All our striving enures to our own spiritual benefit.1934, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Commentary on The Holy Qur'an, note 3428 on 29:6
- The position of the individual as a subject of international law has often been obscured by the failure to observe the distinction between the recognition, in an international instrument of rights enuring to the benefit of the individual and the enforceability of these rights at his instance.1995, Rosalyn Higgins, Problems and Process: International Law and How We Use It, page 53
Forms of enure
| third-person singular present | enures |
|---|---|
| present participle | enuring |
| past participle | enured |
| past | enured |
Origin of enure
From en- + ure. Variant form of inure.
Words formed from enure
Questions about enure
- What does enure mean?
- Enure means to inure; to make accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant due to constant exposure.
- What part of speech is enure?
- Enure is a verb.
- What is the past tense of enure?
- The past tense of enure is enured.
Words near enure in the dictionary
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