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endure
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[ verb ] put up with something or somebody unpleasant
Examples "I cannot bear his constant criticism" "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks" "he learned to tolerate the heat" "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" Used in print (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)His religious_beliefs provide him with plausible explanations for many conditions which cause him great concern , and his religious faith makes possible fortitude , equanimity , and consolation , enabling him to endure colossal misfortune , fear , frustration , uncertainty , suffering , evil , and danger . (Brand Blanshard, "The Emotive Theory," Robert...)The pain of the rabbit was not itself bad ; nothing evil was happening when that pain was being endured ; badness , in the only sense in which it is involved at_all , waited for its appearance till I came and looked and felt . Related terms permit take pay accept stand_for bear_up take_lying_down take_a_joke sit_out suffer endurance tolerance toleration |
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[ verb ] continue to live; endure or last
Examples "We went without water and food for 3 days" "The legend of Elvis lives on" "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America" "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents" Used in print (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)A hymn often to be heard in Catholic churches is `` Faith_of_our_Fathers '' , which glories in England 's ancient faith that endured persecution , and which proclaims : |
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[ verb ] face or endure with courage
Examples "She braved the elements" Used in print (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)They would sleep while the Gabriel 's drive would increase the acceleration to a point which the unfrozen bodies of the personnel could not have endured . Again , a force too strong for unfrozen bodies to endure would be applied . |
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[ verb ] undergo or be subjected to
Synonyms Examples "He suffered the penalty" "Many saints suffered martyrdom" Used in print (Saturday Review, 44: 15...)Confronted with this situation , most libraries either endure the severe limitations of their budgets and do what they can with what they have , or_else depend_on the bounty of patrons and local_governments to supplement their annual funds . (Patrick Dennis, Little Me....)These are but a sampling of the insults I endured . Related terms |
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[ verb ] continue to exist
Examples "These stories die hard" "The legend of Elvis endures" Related terms |
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