Definition of Endure

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Endure

To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.

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

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.

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.

To harden; to toughen; to make hardy.

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Endure Quotations

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.
Maya Angelou

Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.
Ronald Reagan

Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer.
Winston Churchill

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.
Winston Churchill

By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.
Mark Twain

If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.
Mohandas Gandhi

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.
John F. Kennedy

A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.
William Shakespeare

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one... characteristic we must posses if we are to face the future as finishers.
Henry David Thoreau

Endure Translations

endure in Afrikaans is staan, uithou
endure in Dutch is beklijven, duren, aanhouden
endure in French is supporter, durer, endurer, endurent, souffrir
endure in German is ertragen, aushalten
endure in Latin is sustineo, teneo, patior, duro, consto, obduro
endure in Portuguese is padecer, resista
endure in Spanish is durar, soportar

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