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Webster 1913 Edition
Endurance
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.
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)
- The measure of a person's stamina or persistence.
- He has great endurance, he ran a marathon and then rode his bicycle home.
- Ability to endure hardship.
Translations
the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
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ability to endure hardship
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