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Definition of Enduring
1. Adjective. Unceasing. "Imperishable truths"
2. Adjective. Patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble. "A long-suffering and uncomplaining wife"
Definition of Enduring
1. a. Lasting; durable; long-suffering; as, an enduring disposition.
Definition of Enduring
1. Verb. (present participle of endure) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enduring
1. endure [v] - See also: endure
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enduring
Literary usage of Enduring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1900)
"SECOND BOOK INFLUENCE OF DEMOCRACY ON THE FEELINGS OF THE AMERICANS CHAPTER I
Why Democratic Nations Show a More Ardent and enduring Love of Equality than ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"In a sense implying continuation in time: continual, continued, persistent,
sustained, enduring; spec, permanent, abiding, perpetual, eternal, unremitting, ..."
3. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... ravaged part of their land, killed some of their men, und returned home.
and after enduring exceedingly foul weather, again made Ta- ..."
4. The Growth and Influence of Classical Greek Poetry: Lectures Delivered in by Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1893)
"From 700 BC down to the its enduring fal1 of the Eastern Empire, ... This enduring
popularity of the elegiac measure was due to the fact that it was so ..."
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