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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dure \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dure \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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