enure
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- enurement noun
Example Sentences
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To enure thyself to what thou art like to be, cast thy humble slough, and appear fresh.
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But what--what if those grants of land---I care not whether you call them chartered rights or vested interests--which you freemen enjoy of him--what if they do not enure?
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Does anything agitate the public mind, whether religious, political, or financial—whether it relates to the commerce of the lakes, famine in Ireland, or an armory or hospital on the western rivers, they seek to be the first to write and the first to speak; they raise one committee to gather and another to publish every fact and argument which will make the excitement enure to their benefit.
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Such men deserved to be encouraged in every way, and should receive from the pre�mption laws the same benefits that would enure to native-born citizens.
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Wounds and rough hardship enure the sturdy, and provoke their courage, oftentimes, and there is a natural instinct in the heart of man, which, under the severest trials and abuses, steels his very nerves not to yield to the heaviest blows of calamity or adversity—mental or physical.
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