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2 meanings

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1 —as in:
endured the pain

Definition

to suffer through (or put up with something difficult or unpleasant)

I endured insult and injury without complaint.

endured = suffered through

Other Uses (with this meaning)

As a soldier, she was prepared to endure hardship and even to sacrifice her life for others.

endure = suffer through

But we had come too far, hoped too high, endured too much, to turn back now.
Kamala Markandaya -- Nectar in a Sieve

endured = suffered through (or to put up with something difficult or unpleasant)

By eight o'clock on a Tuesday night, you will experience the ecstasy of victory or you will endure the agony of defeat.
Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe

endure = suffer through

For Gordon it will be harder. ... But he will endure, Marta, and he will win his battle.
Margaret Craven -- I Heard the Owl Call My Name

endure = suffer through it (something difficult or unpleasant)

He didn't care at all for the idea of going to the wedding and having to endure seeing Tita together with John.
Laura Esquivel -- Like Water for Chocolate

endure = suffer through (or put up with something difficult or unpleasant)

It [love] is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes.
Nicholas Sparks -- A Walk to Remember

endure = suffer through

For there was never yet philosopher
That could endure the toothache patiently,
William Shakespeare -- Much Ado About Nothing

endure = suffer through

Mami acted as if he were a troublesome visitor who had to be endured.
Junot Diaz -- Drown

endured = suffered through (or to put up with something difficult or unpleasant)

...anything was preferable to the solitude which I had so long endured,
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Fall of the House of Usher

endured = suffered through

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2 —as in:
endure through the ages

Definition

to continue to exist

She is gone, but her teachings endure through the ages.

endure = continue to exist

Other Uses (with this meaning)

Over the years, the stories my grandmother told me have endured as a source of wisdom in my life.

endured = continued to exist

Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.

endure = continue to exist

[of war] I see that the keenest brains of the world invent weapons and words to make it yet more refined and enduring.
Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front

enduring = lasting (continuing to exist through time)

As bad as were the physical consequences of captivity, the emotional injuries were much more insidious, widespread, and enduring.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken

enduring = lasting (continuing to exist through time)

The tranquillity which I now enjoyed did not endure.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

endure = continue to exist

Papa, to his enduring credit, was adamant.
Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief

enduring = lasting (continuing to exist through time)

The filmy enchantments of mirage could not endure the cold ocean water and the horizon was hard, clipped blue.
William Golding -- Lord of the Flies

endure = survive (continue to exist in)

A pause; it endured horribly.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

endured = lasted (continue to exist)

How could such variation endure, such endless iteration of minds and faces?
Madeline Miller -- Circe

endure = survive

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