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What does "endure" mean?

Endure: 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.1. 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. 3.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.
  3. 4.How can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people Esther viii.
  4. 5.3. To harden; to toughen; to make hardy. [Obs.] Manly limbs endured with little ease. Spenser.

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