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Synonyms for endure

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for endure

to carry on through despite hardships

Synonyms

to be in existence or in a certain state for an indefinitely long time

to withstand stress or difficulty

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Synonyms for endure

face and withstand with courage

undergo or be subjected to

last and be usable

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persist for a specified period of time

continue to exist

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Would that ye could not endure it with any kind of near ones, or their neighbours; then would ye have to create your friend and his overflowing heart out of yourselves.
"And so," he concluded, in a swift resume, "no state composed of the slave-types can endure. The old law of development still holds.
I have shown that no society of slaves can endure, because, in its very nature, such society must annul the law of development.
And these perilous contacts from all these strange hands he must endure. Yet this endurance he achieved.
He cannot endure the notion that Buonaparte is negotiating on equal terms with all the sovereigns of Europe and particularly with our own, the grandson of the Great Catherine!
That would be terrible; I don't think I could endure it; most likely I would go into consumption; I'm so thin as it is, you see.
I solemnly swear to be faithful to my bosom friend, Diana Barry, as long as the sun and moon shall endure. Now you say it and put my name in."
Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room and continued a long time traversing my bed-chamber, unable to compose my mind to sleep.
This is the story of what a Woman's patience can endure, and what a Man's resolution can achieve.
It is notorious that each species is adapted to the climate of its own home: species from an arctic or even from a temperate region cannot endure a tropical climate, or conversely.