Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Endure

Endure , intransitive verb

[French endurer; pref. en- (Latin in) + durer to last. See Dure, v. i., and compare Indurate.]

1.
To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.
Their verdure still endure. — Shakespeare
He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure. — Job viii. 15
2.
To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee? — Ezek. xxii. 14

Endure , transitive verb

1.
To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather.
Both were of shining steel, and wrought so pure, As might the strokes of two such arms endure. — Dryden
2.
To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate.
I will no longer endure it. — Shakespeare
Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake. — 2 Tim. ii. 10
How can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? — Esther viii. 6
3.
To harden; to toughen; to make hardy. [Obsolete]
Manly limbs endured with little ease. — Spenser