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endure verb [ ɪnˈdjʊə ]

• suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently.
• "it seemed impossible that anyone could endure such pain"
Similar: undergo, go through, live through, experience, meet, encounter, cope with, deal with, face, face up to, handle, suffer, tolerate, put up with, brave, bear, withstand, sustain, weather, become reconciled to, reconcile oneself to, become resigned to, get used to, become accustomed to, learn to live with, make the best of, thole, go along with, submit to, countenance, accept, give one's blessing to, brook, support, take, stick, hack, stand for, stomach, swallow, abide, hold with, be doing with, wear,
• remain in existence; last.
• "these cities have endured through time"
Similar: last, live, live on, go on, hold on, abide, continue, persist, remain, stay, survive, bide, tarry, lasting, long-lasting, durable, continuing, remaining, persisting, prevailing, abiding, eternal, perennial, permanent, unending, everlasting, constant, stable, steady, steadfast, fixed, firm, unwavering, unfaltering, unchanging, changeless, long-standing, long-established, long-running, long-term, perdurable, sempiternal,
Opposite: fade, short-lived,
Origin: Middle English: from Old French endurer, from Latin indurare ‘harden’, from in- ‘in’ + durus ‘hard’.


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