All 3 Uses of
endure
in
A Sketch of the Past
- He gripped my hand to make his agony endurable; as women in childbirth grip a sheet.†
*endurable = something that can be suffered through (or put up with)standard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
- But also extraordinarily enduring.†
- From it all I gathered one obstinate and enduring conception;that nothing is so much to be dreaded as egotism.†
Definitions:
-
(1)
(endure as in: endured the pain) to suffer through (or put up with something difficult or unpleasant)
-
(2)
(endure as in: endure through the ages) to continue to exist