endure

== English == === Alternative forms === enduer, indure (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English enduren, from Old French endurer, from Latin indūrō (“to make hard”). Displaced Old English drēogan, which survives dialectally as dree. Doublet of dure. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) (yod-coalescence, without the pour–poor merger) IPA(key): /ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/, [ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə̯(ɹ)] (yod-coalescence, pour–poor merger) IPA(key): /ɪnˈd͡ʒɔː(ɹ)/ (non-yod-coalescence, without the pour–poor merger) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdjʊə(ɹ)/, [ɪnˈdjʊə̯(ɹ)] (non-yod-coalescence, pour–poor merger) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdjɔː(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈd(j)ʊɹ/, /ɪnˈdɝ/ Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ) === Verb === endure (third-person singular simple present endures, present participle enduring, simple past and past participle endured) (intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist. Synonyms: carry on, plug away; see also Thesaurus:persevere (transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant. Synonyms: bear, thole, take; see also Thesaurus:tolerate (intransitive) To last. Synonyms: go on, hold on, persist; see also Thesaurus:persist To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out. Synonyms: resist, survive, withstand (transitive) To suffer patiently. Synonyms: accept, thole, withstand (obsolete) To indurate. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== endurance enduring enduro duress ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “endure”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. === Anagrams === durene, enduer, enured, reuned == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.dyʁ/ === Verb === endure inflection of endurer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Anagrams === rendue == Spanish == === Verb === endure inflection of endurar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative