a. [ Cf. OF. endurable. See Endure. ] Capable of being endured or borne; sufferable. Macaulay. -- En*dur"a*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

adv. In an endurable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. endurance. See Endure. ] 1. A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Slurring with an evasive answer the question concerning the endurance of his own possession. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of bearing or suffering; a continuing under pain or distress without resistance, or without being overcome; sufferance; patience. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their fortitude was most admirable in their patience and endurance of all evils, of pain and of death. Sir W. Temple.

Syn. -- Suffering; patience; fortitude; resignation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ibex is a remarkably endurant animal. J. G. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Endured p. pr. & vb. n. Enduring ] [ F. endurer; pref. en- (L. in) + durer to last. See Dure, v. i., and cf. Indurate. ] 1. To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their verdure still endure. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He shall hold it [ his house ] fast, but it shall not endure. Job viii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out. [ 1913 Webster ]

Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee? Ezek. xxii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both were of shining steel, and wrought so pure,
As might the strokes of two such arms endure. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will no longer endure it. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake. 2 Tim. ii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

How can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? Esther viii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To harden; to toughen; to make hardy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Manly limbs endured with little ease. Spenser.

Syn. -- To last; remain; continue; abide; brook; submit to; suffer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. endurement. ] Endurance. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, endures or lasts; one who bears, suffers, or sustains. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lasting; durable; long-suffering; as, an enduring disposition. “A better and enduring substance.” Heb. x. 34. -- En*dur"ing*ly, adv. T. Arnold. -- En*dur"ing*ness, n.