endure [ en·dure ]
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1. Suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently.
it seemed impossible that anyone could endure such pain
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2. Remain in existence; last.
these cities have endured through time
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1. Middle English from Old French endurer, from Latin indurare ‘harden’, from in- ‘in’ + durus ‘hard’.

