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Webster 1913 Edition


Dure

Dure

,
Adj.
[L.
durus
; akin to Ir. & Gael.
dur [GREEK]
, stubborn, W.
dir
certain, sure, cf. Gr. [GREEK] force.]
Hard; harsh; severe; rough; toilsome.
[R.]
The winter is severe, and life is
dure
and rude.
W. H. Russell.

Dure

,
Verb.
I.
[F.
durer
, L.
durare
to harden, be hardened, to endure, last, fr.
durus
hard. See
Dure
,
Adj.
]
To last; to continue; to endure.
[Obs.]
Sir W. Raleigh.
Yet hath he not root in himself, but
dureth
for a while.
Matt. xiii. 21.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dure

DURE

,
Verb.
I.
[L. See Durable.] To last; to hold on in time or being; to continue; to endure. [This word is obsolete; endure being substituted.]

Definition 2024


dūre

dūre

See also: dure and duré

Latvian

Noun

dūre f (5th declension)

  1. fist

Declension