dure

¹

[ door, dyoor ]

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adjectiveArchaic.

hard; severe.

Origin of dure

¹

1325–75; Middle English <Middle French <Latin dūrus hard

Other definitions for dure (2 of 2)

dure²

[ door, dyoor ]

verb (used with or without object),dured, dur·ing.Archaic.

endure.

Origin of dure

²

1225–75; Middle English <Old French durer<Latin dūrāre to last; see dure¹

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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 Malory
And 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 Mandeville
So that nothing thou may take from us, but our good peace, that always hath dured among us.
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville | John Mandeville
And 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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