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outdure

outdure verb: to endure beyond; to outlast.

Verb

outdure (third-person singular simple present outdures, present participle outduring, simple past and past participle outdured)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To endure beyond; to outlast.
    • Egyptians, dare you think your higheſt Pyramids,
      Built to out-dure the Sun, as you ſuppoſe,
      Where your unworthy Kings lye rak'd in Aſhes,
      Are Monuments fit for him?1619–1620, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The False One. A Tragedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act...

Forms of outdure

third-person singular presentoutdures
present participleoutduring
past participleoutdured
pastoutdured

Origin of outdure

From out- + dure.

Questions about outdure

What does outdure mean?
Outdure means to endure beyond; to outlast.
What part of speech is outdure?
Outdure is a verb.
What is the past tense of outdure?
The past tense of outdure is outdured.

Words near outdure in the dictionary

  1. outdug
  2. outdumb
  3. outdumbed
  4. outdumbing
  5. outdumbs
  6. outdure
  7. outdured
  8. outdures
  9. outduring
  10. outdwell
  11. outdwelled

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