endure

Etymology

From Middle English enduren, from Old French endurer, from Latin indūrō (“to make hard”). Displaced Old English drēogan, which survives dialectally as dree.

verb

1. (intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
   The singer's popularity endured for decades.
2. (transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
3. (intransitive) To last.
   Our love will endure forever.
4. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
5. (transitive) To suffer patiently.
   He endured years of pain.
   Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley. April 11, 2011, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport
6. (obsolete) To indurate.