"dure" meaning in English

See dure in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more dure [comparative], most dure [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin dūrus. Doublet of dour. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|dūrus}} Latin dūrus, {{doublet|en|dour}} Doublet of dour Head templates: {{en-adj}} dure (comparative more dure, superlative most dure)
  1. (archaic) hard; harsh; severe; rough Tags: archaic Derived forms: peine forte et dure
    Sense id: en-dure-en-adj-Bq6BKLj5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /djʊə/ [UK], /dʒʊə/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dure.wav Forms: dures [present, singular, third-person], during [participle, present], dured [participle, past], dured [past]
Rhymes: -ʊə Etymology: From Middle English duren (“to last”), from Old French durer, from Latin durāre. Related to Dutch duren (“to last, dure”), German dauern (“to last, dure”). Doublet of endure. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|duren|t=to last}} Middle English duren (“to last”), {{der|en|fro|durer}} Old French durer, {{der|en|la|durāre}} Latin durāre, {{cog|nl|duren|t=to last, dure}} Dutch duren (“to last, dure”), {{cog|de|dauern|t=to last, dure}} German dauern (“to last, dure”), {{doublet|en|endure}} Doublet of endure Head templates: {{en-verb}} dure (third-person singular simple present dures, present participle during, simple past and past participle dured)
  1. (archaic, intransitive) To last, continue, endure. Tags: archaic, intransitive Derived forms: durative, dureful, everduring, outdure Translations (to last, continue, endure): trvat (Czech), duren (Dutch), kestää (Finnish), dauern (German), doere (Limburgish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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