Their verdure still endure. --Shak.
He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not
endure. --Job viii.
15.
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. 14.
Both were of shining steel, and wrought so pure, As
might the strokes of two such arms endure. --Dryden.
2. 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.
10.
How can I endure to see the evil that shall come
unto my people? --Esther viii.
6.
3. To harden; to toughen; to make hardy. [Obs.]
Manly limbs endured with little ease. --Spenser.
Syn: To last; remain; continue; abide; brook; submit to;
suffer.