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indure

indure is the obsolete spelling 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.

Forms of indure

third-person singular presentindures
present participleinduring
past participleindured
pastindured

Words formed from indure

Questions about indure

What is indure the obsolete spelling of?
Indure is the obsolete spelling of endure.

Words near indure in the dictionary

  1. induratize
  2. induratized
  3. induratizes
  4. induratizing
  5. induraunce
  6. indure
  7. indured
  8. induring
  9. Indus
  10. Indus Civilization
  11. Indus Kohistani

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