endure

Meaning

To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
To last.
To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
To suffer patiently.
(obsolete) To indurate.

bear

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be patient

make a determined effort

remain firm

proceed with

hold still for

be able to bear

be durable

bear patiently

be doughty

live with suffering

resist without yielding

strong enough

suffer patiently

be able

last long

run for

toleration

yield

become old

be economical

continue to exist

eke out

have patience

have power

keep well

last a long time

live long

restrain oneself

stick it out

take courage

wear well

time required

be able to stand up to

be able to take

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈdjʊə̯(ɹ)/

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Old Latin en Latin in Latin in- Proto-Italic *dūros Latin dūrūs Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin dūrō Latin indūrō Latin indūrāreder. Old French endurerbor. Middle English enduren English endure From Middle English enduren, from Old French endurer, from Latin indūrō (“to make hard”). Displaced Old English drēogan, which survives dialectally as dree.

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