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
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.