verb
- past tense of 'dure'; to last or endure (archaic or poetic)
Usage: archaic; poetic; rarely used in modern English
Examples
- The old castle dured through centuries of war.
- Their friendship dured despite the distance between them.
- The effects of the medicine dured for several hours.
- His courage dured until the very end.
- The tradition dured in the village for generations.