dure

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[ door, dyoor ]
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adjectiveArchaic.
  1. hard; severe.

Origin of dure

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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.

Origin of dure

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

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