endured

en-dured · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense of "endure"; suffered through something difficult without giving in.

  2. 2.

    Remained in existence; lasted over time.

  3. 3.

    Tolerated or put up with something unpleasant.

Related words

Antonyms: succumbed, surrendered, yielded
See also: endurance, endure, enduring
Synonyms: bore, survived, tolerated, withstood

Etymology

From Old French endurer, from Latin indurare ("to make hard"), with the regular English past tense suffix "-ed."