dure

¹

[door, dyoor]

adjective

Archaic.

1. hard; severe.

dure

²

[door, dyoor]

verb (used with or without object)

Archaic.

dured, during 

1. endure.

Word History and Origins

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

We interviewed Dure Ahmed twice - most recently in Toronto last week, where she spoke more freely.

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“Mira las agarraderas de este cajón”, continuó, sacudiendo tímidamente la cabeza, “duré hora y media para instalarlas.”

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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.

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But let’s return for a moment to that charmingly appointed B&B. If I were its proprietor, I would provide a shelf of older ghost-story anthologies, so that those unable to sleep might shudder under an eiderdown with Vernon Lee’s “Amour Dure,” M.R.

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Beau Dure here, and I’d like to start by saying 1,057 matches in curling still aren’t enough.

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