Meaning & use
dure
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To last or continue; to endure over time (archaic).
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The old ballad speaks of a love destined to dure beyond the grave.
Their friendship was said to dure through decades of hardship.
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Dure is an archaic verb, the root behind modern words like 'endure' and 'duration,' from Latin durare, 'to last.'
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