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outdured

outdured is the simple past and past participle of outdure.

Meaning of outdure

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...

Questions about outdured

What is outdured the simple past and past participle of?
Outdured is the simple past and past participle of outdure.

Words near outdured in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outdured (page history and authors); outdure (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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