"perdure" meaning in English

See perdure in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /pəˈd͡ʒʊə̯/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pəˈd͡ʒɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pəˈdjʊə̯/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pəˈdjɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɜː-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɚˈdʊɹ/ [General-American], /pɚˈdɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-perdure.wav [Southern-England] Forms: perdures [present, singular, third-person], perduring [participle, present], perdured [participle, past], perdured [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} perdure (third-person singular simple present perdures, present participle perduring, simple past and past participle perdured)
  1. (intransitive) To continue to exist, last or endure, especially for a great length of time. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-perdure-en-verb-9Jqg7MRO
  2. (intransitive, philosophy) To exist in such a way as to possess distinct temporal parts (in perdurantism). Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-perdure-en-verb-xyYubLaN Categories (other): Philosophy, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: perdurability, perduringly

Inflected forms

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