PERDURE

Verb

perdure (third-person singular simple present perdures, present participle perduring, simple past and past participle perdured)

(intransitive) To continue to exist, last or endure, especially for a great length of time.

(intransitive, philosophy) To exist in such a way as to possess distinct temporal parts (in perdurantism).

Source: Wiktionary


Per*dure", v. i. Etym: [L. perdurare; per trough + durare to last.]

Definition: To last or endure for a long time; to be perdurable or lasting. [Archaic] The mind perdures while its energizing may construct a thousand lines. Hickok.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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