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perdure

American

[per-door, -dyoor] / pərˈdʊər, -ˈdjʊər /

verb (used without object)

perdured, perduring

to continue or last permanently; endure.

Etymology

Origin of perdure

First recorded in 1450–1500; Middle English perduren, from Latin perdūrāre; see per-, dure ²

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perduring

How can beings of the moment grasp the perduring?

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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