ENDURABLE, ENDURANCE, ENDURE, ENDURING
ADJECTIVES
► BIDING lasting, continuing, enduring; now usually ‘abiding’ → 1430
► DURABLE capable of being endured → 1509 obs.
► DUREFUL of long continuance; lasting, enduring, continuing, durable → 1594 obs.
► FORTITUDINOUS having fortitude; endowed with courage or moral strength; capable of endurance → 1752
► LASTY durable, long-lasting, enduring → 1882 Amer. dial.
► LONGANIMOUS long-suffering; enduring, patient → 1620
► PERDURABLE lasting; enduring or able to endure over a long period, esp. the course of human history or a lifetime → 1439
► PERENDURING enduring throughout a process or action, or for a long period of time → 1883 obs.
► PERENNIAL lasting through a succession of years, or through a long, indefinite, or infinite time; continua, perpetual; enduring, everlasting → 1717
► PERMANABLE enduring, permanent; everlasting → 1422 obs.
► PERMANSIBLE enduring, permanent → 1568 Sc. arch.
► PERMANSIVE enduring, permanent → 1475 obs.
► PERSEVERABLE constant, enduring → 1450 obs.
► PERSEVERANT lasting, enduring, permanent → 1453 obs.
► SUFFERABLE capable of endurance → 1481 obs.
► SUFFERANT long-suffering, patient, tolerant, enduring → 1330 obs.
ADVERBS
► SUFFERINGLY with patient endurance → a1340 obs.
NOUNS
► BANT vigour, strength, endurance, ‘go’ → 1856 Eng. dial.
► BEARANCE endurance, patient suffering → 1725 arch.
► BELEAVING remaining steadfast; endurance, perseverance → 1340 obs.
► BIDING endurance; enduring → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOTTOM stamina, endurance, staying power; used esp. of horses and dogs → 1843 Amer. dial.
► DURABLENESS power of endurance → 1740 obs.
► DURANCE endurance of toil or fatigue → 1579 arch.
► DURE ► DUREE power of endurance → 1330 obs.
► END OF THE BEAN ROW, THE the limit of one’s patience or endurance → 1965 Amer. dial.
► END OF THE ROW, THE the limit of one’s patience or endurance → 1904 Amer. dial.
► GAME courage, pluck, spirit, endurance → 1824 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► GUTS stamina, toughness of character, tenacity, staying power, endurance → M17 colloq.
► LEGS the ability of a show, song, public figure, etc. to be an enduring success; staying power → 1970s Amer. show business usage
► MAIN patience, endurance → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► PERDURANCE a being everlasting; permanence, endurance → 1508
► PERDURATION an enduring or the capacity to endure indefinitely; continuous duration → 1450
► SUFFERANCE 1. patient endurance, forbearance, long-suffering → a1300 arch.
2. capacity to endure, endurance → 1544 obs.
► SUFFERING patient endurance, long-suffering → a1340 obs.
► TACK hold; holding quality; adherence, endurance, stability, strength, substance, solidity → 1412-20 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► TOLERANCE the act of enduring or sustaining pain or hardship; the power or capacity of enduring; endurance → 1412-20 obs.
► TOLERATION of sustaining or enduring; endurance → 1531 obs.
► UNDERGANGING the act of undergoing or enduring; anything endured → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WADE endurance; power of lasting → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
PHRASES
► AT THE END OF ONE’S ROW at the limit of one’s patience or endurance → 1904 Amer. dial.
► HAVE SHOT ONE’S BOLT to have reached the limit of one’s endurance or effort → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
VERBS
► ABEAR to endure; to suffer → c885
► ABROOK to brook, to endure, to bear → 1592 obs.
► ABY ► ABYE to pay, as a penalty; to suffer, to endure → 1374 arch.
► ACKADUR to persevere, to endure, to endeavour → 1866 Sc.
► ADREE to bear, to endure, to suffer → a1000 obs.
► ANSWER to last, to endure → 19C Eng. dial.
► AWAY WITH to endure, to put up with → 1864 Eng. dial.
► BEAR HARD to endure with a grudge, to take a thing ill or amiss, to have ill will to, to have a resentment against → c1400 obs.
► BEAR TACK to be substantial, strong, or lasting; to hold out, to endure, to hold one’s own → 1573 obs.
► BEAR UPON THE SPLEEN to endure with a grudge, to take a thing ill or amiss, to have ill will to, to have a resentment against → 1629 obs.
► BIDE to tolerate, to endure, to put up with, to abide → a1325
► BITE THE BULLET to endure a painful situation by extreme personal endurance → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► CARRY to bear, to endure → 1583 obs.
► DIE GAME to maintain one’s spirit and endurance to the last → 1727
► DO ON ONE’S PRICK to do with ease, esp. to endure any challenging situation, as a prison sentence, with no difficulty → 1960s sl.
► DURE to endure; to undergo, to bear → 1297 obs.
► GAFF to endure → 1970s US students’ sl.
► GUT IT OUT ► GUT IT THROUGH ► GUT OUT ► GUT THROUGH to be strong or tough in the face of adversity; to be sturdily stoic; to persist; to endure bravely and tenaciously → 1930s Amer. sl.
► GUTS IT OUT ► GUTS OUT to endure bravely and tenaciously → 1973 Amer. sl.
► HACK to put up with, to tolerate, to endure → 1915 Amer. sl.
► HACK IT to put up with, to tolerate, to endure → 1961 Amer. sl.
► HOLD ONE’S CORNER to hold one’s own against others → M19 colloq.
► HOLD ONE’S MUD to keep one’s composure or resolve; to show courage or endurance → 1966 US sl.
► HOLD OUT to endure, to persist → 1593
► I-THOLE to bear, to suffer, to endure → a1000 obs.
► ONDREGH to endure → c1250 obs.
► PATIENCE ALONG to endure patiently → 1942 Amer. dial.
► PERDURATE to continue, to endure; to persist; to last forever → 1558
► PERDURE to continue, to endure; to persist; to last forever → 1475
► PERTOLERATE to endure to the end, to bear out → 1623 obs.
► ROUGH IT OUT to endure rough or difficult conditions → c1771
► SAGACIATE ► SAGASHUATE ► SAGATIATE ► SAGATICATE ► SEGACIATE ► SEGASHIATE ► SEGASHUATE to fare; to get on; to bear; to endure → 1832 Amer. dial.
► STAND THE RACKET to endure stress or strain → 1830 Amer.
► STICK IT OUT to endure something unpleasant → 1882 sl.
► SWEAT IT OUT to endure something unpleasant → 1876 sl., orig. US
► TAKE HEAT to suffer or endure punishment or criticism → 1920s US sl.
► THOLE to bear, to suffer, to endure, to tolerate → 1786 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
► THOOTLE to endure; to wait → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TOLERATE to endure, to sustain pain or hardship → 1531 obs.
► TOUGH IT OUT to endure something doggedly and bravely; to persist and survive against rigours → 1830 US sl.
► UNDERGANG to undergo, to endure → 1743 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► WHITE-KNUCKLE IT to endure an event or experience which provokes fear, suspense, or anxiety → 1977 colloq.