Endure

Endure - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

ENDU'RE, v.t. [L. durus, duro.]

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

The Lord shall endure forever. Psa 9.

He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure. Job 8.

2. To bear; to brook; to suffer without resistance, or without yielding.

How can I endure to see the evil that shall come to my people? Est 8.

Can thy heart endure, or thy hands be strong? Ezek 22.

ENDU'RE, v.t. To bear; to sustain; to support without breaking or yielding to force or pressure. Metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting.

Both were of shining steel, and wrought so pure.

As might the strokes of two such arms endure.

1. To bear with patience; to bear without opposition or sinking under the pressure.

Therefore, I endure all things for the elect's sake. 2 Tim 2.

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons. Heb 12.

2. To undergo; to sustain.

I wish to die, yet dare not death endure.

3. To continue in. [Not used.]