Endure /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Endured; p. pr. & vb. n. Enduring

1. To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.

   Their verdure still endure.

   He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure.

2. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.

   Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee?

1. To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather.

   Both were of shining steel, and wrought so pure, As might the strokes of two such arms endure.

2. To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate.

   I will no longer endure it.

   Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake.

   How can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people?

3. To harden; to toughen; to make hardy. [Obs.]

   Manly limbs endured with little ease.