v. t. [ L. adurere; ad + urere to burn. ] To burn up. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bordure. See Border, n. ] (Her.) A border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding the field. It is usually plain, but may be charged. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Rejection; dismissal. [ R. ] Hayter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. durus; akin to Ir. & Gael. dur &unr_;, stubborn, W. dir certain, sure, cf. Gr. &unr_; force. ] Hard; harsh; severe; rough; toilsome. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The winter is severe, and life is dure and rude. W. H. Russell. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while. Matt. xiii. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lasting. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not lasting. [ Obs. ] Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. durus hard; -- so called because solid at ordinary temperatures. ] (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C6H2(CH3)4, off artificial production, with an odor like camphor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. duresse, du&unr_;, hardship, severity, L. duritia, durities, fr. durus hard. See Dure. ] 1. Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty. [ 1913 Webster ]

The agreements . . . made with the landlords during the time of slavery, are only the effect of duress and force. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influenced, whether by the unlawful restrain of his liberty or by actual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability or to commit an offense. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To subject to duress. “The party duressed.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) One who subjects another to duress Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Endured p. pr. & vb. n. Enduring ] [ F. endurer; pref. en- (L. in) + durer to last. See Dure, v. i., and cf. Indurate. ] 1. To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their verdure still endure. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He shall hold it [ his house ] fast, but it shall not endure. Job viii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out. [ 1913 Webster ]

Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee? Ezek. xxii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both were of shining steel, and wrought so pure,
As might the strokes of two such arms endure. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will no longer endure it. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake. 2 Tim. ii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

How can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? Esther viii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To harden; to toughen; to make hardy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Manly limbs endured with little ease. Spenser.

Syn. -- To last; remain; continue; abide; brook; submit to; suffer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. endurement. ] Endurance. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, endures or lasts; one who bears, suffers, or sustains. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) Iodide. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To harden. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Obdurate; hard. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This saw his hapless foes, but stood obdured. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n., n. } Hardness. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ordure, OF. ord filthy, foul, fr. L. horridus horrid. See Horrid. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Dung; excrement; faeces. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Defect; imperfection; fault. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To outlast. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. perdurare; per through + durare to last. ] To last or endure for a long time; to be perdurable or lasting. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The mind perdures while its energizing may construct a thousand lines. Hickok. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. procédure. See Proceed. ] 1. The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct. “The true procedure of conscience.” South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A step taken; an act performed; a proceeding; the steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding. “Gracious procedures.” I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which results; issue; product. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of joining again. [ Obs. ] “Beguiles our lips of all rejoindure” (i.e., kisses). Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cover again with verdure. Ld. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. rondeur roundness. ] 1. A round; a circle. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Roundness; plumpness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

High-kirtled for the chase, and what was shown
Of maiden rondure, like the rose half-blown. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Rondure. ] Roundness; a round or circle. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of superseding, or setting aside; supersession; as, the supersedure of trial by jury. A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. viridis green. See Verdant. ] Green; greenness; freshness of vegetation; as, the verdure of the meadows in June. [ 1913 Webster ]

A wide expanse of living verdure, cultivated gardens, shady groves, fertile cornfields, flowed round it like a sea. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Covered with verdure. Poe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of verdure. [ 1913 Webster ]