All 4 Uses of
endure
in
Lord of the Flies
- He trotted through the sand, enduring the sun's enmity, crossed the platform and found his scattered clothes.
p. 14.7 *enduring = suffering through
- So they would continue enduring the ill-balanced twister, because, because…… Again he lost himself in deep waters.
p. 77.6
- The filmy enchantments of mirage could not endure the cold ocean water and the horizon was hard, clipped blue.
p. 110.5 *endure = survive (continue to exist in)
- The blue-white scar was constant, the noise unendurable.†
p. 152.8unendurable = not capable of being suffered through (or put up with)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unendurable means not and reverses the meaning of endurable. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definitions:
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(1)
(endure as in: endured the pain) to suffer through (or put up with something difficult or unpleasant)
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(2)
(endure as in: endure through the ages) to continue to exist