# endure

Pronunciation: US say "in-DUUR" /ɪnˈd(j)ʊɹ/; UK say "in-DYUUR" /ɪnˈdjʊə̯(ɹ)/

## Verb

1. To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant or difficult.
   - Simple: To put up with something painful or unpleasant without giving up.
   - _Commuters endure long delays whenever the trains break down._
   - _He endured years of criticism before his work was recognized._
2. To go on existing or keep going in spite of difficulties and hardships.
   - Simple: To keep going even when things are hard.
   - _Democratic institutions can endure only with active civic participation._
   - _Their love endured through decades of separation and hardship._
3. To remain firm under trial or suffering, bearing up under hardship without giving in.
   - Simple: To stay strong and not give up during hard or painful times.
   - _Faced with terrible loss, the family found the strength to endure._
   - _He endured patiently, refusing to let despair take hold._
4. To suffer something patiently, without complaint or resistance.
   - Simple: To go through pain or trouble in a calm, patient way.
   - _The monks endure hardship as a form of spiritual discipline._
   - _She endured the insults quietly, never raising her voice._
5. To last; to remain in existence over time.
   - Simple: To go on existing for a long time.
   - _Few empires endure once their unifying purpose fades._
   - _Her reputation endured long after the scandal was forgotten._

## Verb

6. To harden, or to make firm and solid. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To make something hard, or to grow hard and solid.

## Origin

Endure comes from Middle English enduren, from Old French endurer, from Latin indūrō ('to make hard'). It is a doublet of dure and displaced the Old English word drēogan, which survives dialectally as dree.

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