— endurer , n.
/en door", -dyoor"/ , v. , endured, enduring .
v.t.
1. to hold out against; sustain without impairment or yielding; undergo: to endure great financial pressures with equanimity.
2. to bear without resistance or with patience; tolerate: I cannot endure your insults any longer.
3. to admit of; allow; bear: His poetry is such that it will not endure a superficial reading.
v.i.
4. to continue to exist; last: These words will endure as long as people live who love freedom.
5. to support adverse force or influence of any kind; suffer without yielding; suffer patiently: Even in the darkest ages humanity has endured.
6. to have or gain continued or lasting acknowledgment or recognition, as of worth, merit or greatness: His plays have endured for more than three centuries.
[ 1275-1325; ME enduren endurer indurare to harden, make lasting, equiv. to in- IN- 2 + durare to last, be or become hard, deriv. of durus hard ]
Syn. 2. stand, support, suffer, brook. See bear 1 . 4. abide. See continue .
Ant. 4. fail, die.