Meaning & use
enure
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To come into effect or operation; to apply, especially as a legal benefit.
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The agreement will enure to the benefit of both parties' heirs and successors.
Under the new bylaws, any surplus will enure to the members collectively.
A note on using this word
Largely restricted to formal legal writing. It's a variant spelling of 'inure,' the more common form used outside legal contexts (as in 'inured to hardship').
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To become accustomed to something, especially hardship, through habitual exposure (a variant of 'inure').
Years of working outdoors enured him to the cold.
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