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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
- 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
Synonyms for endures
- abide
- accustom
- allow
- be
- be left
- be long lived
- be patient with
- be timeless
- bear the brunt
- bide
- brave
- brook
- carry on
- carry through
- cling
- cope with
- countenance
- eat
- encounter
- exist
- experience
- face
- feel
- go on
- go through
- grin and bear it
- hang in
- hang on
- have no end
- hold
- hold on
- hold out
- keep on
- keep up
- know
- last
- linger
- live
- live on
- live out
- live through
- meet with
- never say die
- outlast
- outlive
- perdure
- permit
- persist
- prevail
- put up with
- remain
- repress feelings
- resign oneself
- ride out
- run on
- sit through
- stand
- stay
- stay on
- stick
- stick it out
- stick to
- stomach
- subject to
- submit to
- suffer
- superannuate
- support
- survive
- sustain
- swallow
- take
- take it
- take patiently
- tolerate
- undergo
- wear
- wear on
- wear well
- weather
- withstand
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