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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Dure

Dure (dŭr), a. [L. durus; akin to Ir. & Gael. dur dull, stubborn, W. dir certain, sure, cf. Gr. δύναμις force.] Hard; harsh; severe; rough; toilsome. [R.]

The winter is severe, and life is dure and rude. W. H. Russell.

Dure, v. i. [F. durer, L. durare to harden, be hardened, to endure, last, fr. durus hard. See Dure, a.] To last; to continue; to endure. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while. Matt. xiii. 21.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty.