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Antonyms for endures


Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-door, -dyoor
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈdʊər, -ˈdyʊər



Definition of endures

Origin :
  • early 14c., "to undergo or suffer" (especially without breaking); late 14c. "to continue in existence," from Old French endurer (12c.) "make hard, harden; bear, tolerate; keep up, maintain," from Latin indurare "make hard," in Late Latin "harden (the heart) against," from in- (see in- (2)) + durare "to harden," from durus "hard," from PIE *deru- "be firm, solid."
  • Replaced the important Old English verb dreogan (past tense dreag, past participle drogen), which survives in dialectal dree. Related: Endured; endures.
  • verb bear hardship
  • verb continue; be durable
Example sentences :
  • He is always like the Speaker in the House,—the person who does the least, and endures the most.
  • Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
  • The intervals between these visits he endures under protest.
  • Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee
  • I perceived at once that the faith which endures beyond its own knowledge was placed in all I said.
  • Extract from : « The Gypsies » by Charles G. Leland
  • Like the Master who, for the joy that was set before Him, endures the cross.
  • Extract from : « Gathering Jewels » by James Knowles and Matilda Darroch Knowles
  • Without remorse, he endures all its horrors; without guilt, he endures all its shame.
  • Extract from : « Characteristics of Women » by Anna Jameson
  • Love forgives all things, believes all things, hopes for all things, endures all things.
  • Extract from : « The Children's Bible » by Henry A. Sherman
  • The intensity of suffering it endures from these sources is beyond description.
  • Extract from : « Helen and Arthur » by Caroline Lee Hentz
  • Martyrdom is the more glorious the greater the indignities it endures.
  • Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor
  • Because he loves us he endures to hear our cry and see our tears.
  • Extract from : « The Parables of Our Lord » by William Arnot
  • So Paul heads the list with patience; which does not produce sedition, but endures it.
  • Extract from : « Epistle Sermons, Vol. II » by Martin Luther

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