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Webster 1913 Edition


Endurance

En-dur′ance

,
Noun.
[Cf. OF.
endurance
. See
Endure
.]
1.
A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance.
Slurring with an evasive answer the question concerning the
endurance
of his own possession.
Sir W. Scott.
2.
The act of bearing or suffering; a continuing under pain or distress without resistance, or without being overcome; sufferance; patience.
Syn. – Suffering; patience; fortitude; resignation.

Webster 1828 Edition


Endurance

ENDU'RANCE

,
Noun.
[See Endure.] Continuance; a state of lasting or duration; lastingness.
1.
A bearing or suffering; a continuing under pain or distress without resistance, or without sinking or yielding to the pressure; sufferance; patience.
Their fortitude was most admirable in their presence and endurance of all evils, of pain, and of death.
2.
Delay; a waiting for. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


endurance

endurance

English

Alternative forms

  • enduraunce, indurance, induraunce (all obsolete)

Noun

endurance (countable and uncountable, plural endurances)

  1. The measure of a person's stamina or persistence.
    He has great endurance, he ran a marathon and then rode his bicycle home.
  2. Ability to endure hardship.

Translations


French

Etymology

endurer + -ance

Noun

endurance f (plural endurances)

  1. endurance