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Definitions for: Dure
Webster (1913) Definition: Dure, a. [L. durus; akin to Ir. & Gael. dur ?, stubborn,
W. dir certain, sure, cf. Gr. ? 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.
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