endure
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Is endure a Scrabble word?
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- Wordle No
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What is the meaning of endure?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.Examples: "The singer's popularity endured for decades."; "[…] The life that almost dies in me: That dies not, but endures with pain, And slowly forms the firmer mind, Treasuring the look it cannot find, The words that are not heard again."Synonyms: carry on, plug away, abide, astand, bear up, carry on, continue, endureintransitive
2. (transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.Synonyms: bear, thole, take, abear, abide, aby, accept, allowtransitive
3. (intransitive) To last.Examples: "Our love will endure forever."; "He ſhall leane vpon his houſe, but it ſhall not ſtand: he ſhal hold it faſt, but it ſhall not endure."Synonyms: go on, hold on, persist, abide, aby, astand, endure, go onintransitive
4. (transitive) To suffer patiently.Examples: "He endured years of pain."; "Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley."Synonyms: accept, thole, withstandtransitive
5. (obsolete) To indurate.obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary