Definitions for endures

endures en·dure

Spelling: [en-doo r, -dyoo r]
IPA: /ɛnˈdʊər, -ˈdyʊər/

Endures is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 172 anagrams from letters in endures (deenrsu).

Definitions for endures

verb (used with object)

  1. to hold out against; sustain without impairment or yielding; undergo:
  2. to bear without resistance or with patience; tolerate:
  3. to admit of; allow; bear:

verb (used without object)

  1. to continue to exist; last:
  2. to support adverse force or influence of any kind; suffer without yielding; suffer patiently:
  3. to have or gain continued or lasting acknowledgment or recognition, as of worth, merit or greatness:

Origin of endures

1275-1325; Middle English enduren Anglo-French, Old French endurer Latin indūrāre to harden, make lasting, equivalent to in- in-2 + dūrāre to last, be or bec

Examples for endures

But he can also see that she endures the trauma associated with writing her own story.

It is just as much of a choice as love—love that bears all things, believes all things, endures all things, hopes all things.

Shirley, at its core, is about exactly that kind of connection: the one that endures despite all else.

Like the Master who, for the joy that was set before Him, endures the cross.

Without remorse, he endures all its horrors; without guilt, he endures all its shame.

I perceived at once that the faith which endures beyond its own knowledge was placed in all I said.

He is always like the Speaker in the House,—the person who does the least, and endures the most.

This idea of constant attack and Christian victimhood is grounded in the myths of the early church, but it endures to this day.

The intervals between these visits he endures under protest.

Lohse rushes Sigma Alpha Epsilon, gets a bid, endures pledge term, and then submits to the dehumanizing rigors of Hell Night.

Word Value for endures
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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