0 past simple and past participle of endure
1 to suffer something difficult, unpleasant, or painful:
She's already had to endure three painful operations on her leg.
2 to continue to exist for a long time:
The political system established in 1400 endured until about 1650.
During the war many couples had to endure long periods of separation .
The family said they had endured years of torment and abuse at the hands of the neighbours.
Words alone cannot convey the untold misery endured by people in these refugee camps.
By the third month of the expedition they had endured many hardships, but worse was to follow.
Where the effort to create constitutional monarchy proved fleeting, the move to a ministerial system has endured.
Thus, frightening and physically painful ordeals, such as those endured in rites of passage, will impact memory and belief.
For refugees who have endured multiple traumas and multiple losses, however, ' later ' may mean the rest of their lives.
