perdure
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of perdure
First recorded in 1450–1500; Middle English perduren, from Latin perdūrāre; see per-, dure 2
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How can beings of the moment grasp the perduring?
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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