ENDURE

digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up

(verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant; “I cannot bear his constant criticism”; “The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks”; “he learned to tolerate the heat”; “She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage”

suffer, endure

(verb) undergo or be subjected to; “He suffered the penalty”; “Many saints suffered martyrdom”

survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out

(verb) continue to live and avoid dying; “We went without water and food for 3 days”; “These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America”; “The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents”; “how long can a person last without food and water?” “One crash victim died, the other lived”

prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure

(verb) continue to exist; “These stories die hard”; “The legend of Elvis endures”

last, endure

(verb) persist for a specified period of time; “The bad weather lasted for three days”

wear, hold out, endure

(verb) last and be usable; “This dress wore well for almost ten years”

weather, endure, brave, brave out

(verb) face and withstand with courage; “She braved the elements”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

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.

(transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.

(intransitive) To last.

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

(transitive) To suffer patiently.

(obsolete) To indurate.

Synonyms

• (to continue despite obstacles): carry on, plug away; See also persevere

• (to tolerate something): bear, thole, take; See also tolerate

• (to last): go on, hold on, persist; See also persist

• (to remain firm): resist, survive, withstand

• (to suffer patiently): accept, thole, withstand

• (to indurate)

Anagrams

• durene, enduer, enured, reuned

Source: Wiktionary

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En*dure", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Endured; p. pr. & vb. n. Enduring.] Etym: [F. endurer; pref. en- (L. in) + durer to last. See Dure, v. i., and cf. Indurate.]

1. To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain. Their verdure still endure. Shak. He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure. Job viii. 15.

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 Ezek. xxii. 14.

En*dure", v. t.

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. Dryden.

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. Shak. Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake. 2 Tim. ii. 10. How can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people Esther viii. 6.

3. To harden; to toughen; to make hardy. [Obs.] Manly limbs endured with little ease. Spenser.

Syn.

– To last; remain; continue; abide; brook; submit to; suffer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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