enduring

4 definitions found

enduring - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Enduring \En*dur"ing\, a.
     Lasting; durable; long-suffering; as, an enduring
     disposition. "A better and enduring substance." --Heb. x. 34.
     -- En*dur"ing*ly, adv. --T. Arnold. -- En*dur"ing*ness,
     n.

  Endure \En*dure"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Endured; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Enduring.] [F. endurer; pref. en- (L. in) + durer to
     last. See Dure, v. i., and cf. Indurate.]
     1. To continue in the same state without perishing; to last;
        to remain.
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              Their verdure still endure.           --Shak.
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              He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not
              endure.                               --Job viii.
                                                    15.
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     2. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer
        patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity;
        to hold out.
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              Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong
              in the days that I shall deal with thee? --Ezek.
                                                    xxii. 14.
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enduring - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  enduring
      adj 1: unceasing; "an abiding belief"; "imperishable truths"
             [syn: abiding, enduring, imperishable]
      2: patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble; "an enduring
         disposition"; "a long-suffering and uncomplaining wife" [syn:
         enduring, long-suffering]

enduring - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  166 Moby Thesaurus words for "enduring":
     Spartan, abiding, accepting, adamantine, age-long, aged, alive,
     ancient, antique, armed with patience, assiduous, bulky,
     changeless, chronic, constant, continuing, dense, diligent,
     disciplined, diuturnal, dogged, durable, eidetic, endurant,
     eternal, evergreen, faithful, firm, fixed, forbearing, fresh,
     frozen, green, hard, hardy, heavy, immobile, immortal, immutable,
     inalterable, indefatigable, indomitable, indulgent, industrious,
     insistent, intact, intransient, inveterate, invincible, inviolate,
     kept in remembrance, lasting, lenient, long-lasting, long-lived,
     long-standing, long-suffering, long-term, longanimous, longeval,
     longevous, loyal, macrobiotic, massive, never-tiring, obstinate,
     of long duration, of long standing, patient, patient as Job,
     perdurable, perduring, perennial, permanent, perpetual,
     perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious,
     philosophical, plodding, plugging, preoccupied, quiescent, rapt,
     recalled, recollected, relentless, remaining, remembered, resolute,
     retained, rigid, rugged, sedulous, self-controlled, sempervirent,
     single-minded, sleepless, slogging, solid, sound, stable, static,
     stationary, staying, steadfast, steady, stoic, stout, strong,
     stubborn, sturdy, sustained, tenacious, tireless, tolerant,
     tolerating, tolerative, torpid, tough, unabating, unaltered,
     unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unchecked, unconquerable,
     undaunted, understanding, undestroyed, undiscouraged, undrooping,
     unfading, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, unflinching,
     unforgotten, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unnodding, unrelaxing,
     unrelenting, unremitting, unshifting, unsleeping, unswerving,
     untiring, unvaried, unvarying, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying,
     unwinking, unyielding, utterly attentive, vital, vivid, weariless,
     well-built, well-constructed, well-founded, well-grounded,
     well-made