dure
1 Americanadjective
verb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of dure1
1325–75; Middle English < Middle French < Latin dūrus hard
Origin of dure2
1225–75; Middle English < Old French durer < Latin dūrāre to last; dure 1
Example Sentences
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FTX, el imperio de criptomonedas de Sam Bankman-Fried, fue un desastre monumental y es probable que su agonía dure más que el imperio mismo.
From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2022
How long the relationship can en dure will depend not on U.S. wishes but Japan's own self-interest.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most elaborate of all were the pietre dure designs--fantastically elaborate inlays of jasper, lapis lazuli, serpentine and all manner of semiprecious stones, sawed into thin sheets and assembled as a jigsaw by gem cutters.
From Time Magazine Archive
“As the saying goes, ‘No hay mal que dure cien años.’”
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
To-broken been the statuts hye in hevene That creat were eternally to dure, Sith that I see the brighte goddes sevene Mow wepe and wayle, and passioun endure, As may in erthe a mortal creature.
From Astronomical Lore in Chaucer by Grimm, Florence M.
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