endurance

[Fr. endurant, pr. par. of endurer=to endure.] 1. Continuance, lastingne , duration. "Some of them are of very great antiquity and continuance, others more late and of le endurance."Spenser: Present State of Ireland, 2. The act or state of enduring or suffering; a bearing or suffering. "It bids him prefer the endurance of a le er evil before a greater." -South: Sermons, vol. i., ser. i. 3. The power or capacity of bearing or enduring without yielding or giving way. ěn-dü re, v . i . & t . [O. Fr. endurer , from en =in, and durer =to last; Lat. duro =to harden, to last; durus hard; Sp. & Port. endurar .] IMG:content-0983.png:[blocks in formation] *1. To make hard or hardy; to harden, to inure. "Manly limbs endured with little care Against all hard mishaps and fortunele e misfare." Spenser: F. Q., IV. viii. 27. *2. To continue in. "The deer endureth the womb but eight months."Browne: Vulgar Errors. enemy