All 3 Uses of
endure
in
Looking for Alaska
- Yeah, Pudge is adorable / but you want incorrigible / so Jake is more endurable / 'cause he's so—damn.†
p. 43.7 *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.
- Her "sweetie" felt condescending, not romantic, like a boy enduring his first biblical rainstorm couldn't possibly understand her problems—whatever they were.†
p. 68.8
- The enduring mystery of her sly, almost smirking, smile.†
p. 75.8
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