dure
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Definition of dure
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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(archaic, intransitive)To last, continue, endure.
“Soo on a tyme he told kynge Arthur that he sholde not dure longe […]”
“But he that was ſowne in the ſtony grũde ys he / which heareth the worde of God / and anon with ioye receaveth itt / yet hath he no rottꝭ in him ſelfe / And therefore he dureth but a ſeaſon[…].”
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verb
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(archaic, intransitive)To last, continue, endure.
“Soo on a tyme he told kynge Arthur that he sholde not dure longe […]”
“But he that was ſowne in the ſtony grũde ys he / which heareth the worde of God / and anon with ioye receaveth itt / yet hath he no rottꝭ in him ſelfe / And therefore he dureth but a ſeaſon[…].”
adj
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(archaic)hard; harsh; severe; rough
“The winter is severe, and life is dure and rude.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English duren (“to last”), from Old French durer, from Latin dūrō, dūrāre. Related to Dutch duren (“to last, dure”), German dauern (“to last, dure”). Doublet of endure.
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