dure
1[ door, dyoor ]
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adjectiveArchaic.
hard; severe.
Origin of dure
11325–75; Middle English <Middle French <Latin dūrus hard
Other definitions for dure (2 of 2)
dure2
[ door, dyoor ]
Origin of dure
2Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use dure in a sentence
So long dured the tree till that Solomon, King David's son, reigned, and held the land after his father.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II) | Thomas MaloryAnd ye shall understand, that this is not the temple that Solomon made, for that temple dured not but 1102 year.
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville | John MandevilleSo that nothing thou may take from us, but our good peace, that always hath dured among us.
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville | John MandevilleAnd the dyvysyon betwene the duc of Orlyance and the duc of Burgoyn dured yn Fraunce continuelly by .
The Boke of Noblesse | Unknown
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