n. [ See Perdu, a. ] 1. One placed on watch, or in ambush. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A soldier sent on a forlorn hope. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ F. perdu, f. perdue, lost, p. p. of perdre to lose, L. perdere. See Perdition. ] 1. Lost to view; in concealment or ambush. [ 1913 Webster ]

He should lie perdue who is to walk the round. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Accustomed to, or employed in, desperate enterprises; hence, reckless; hopeless. “A perdue captain.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. perduellio; per + duellum, bellum, war. ] (Civil Law) Treason. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Perdu, a. ] Lost; thrown away. [ Obs. ] Abp. Bramhall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Durability; lastingness. [ Archaic ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. perdurable, OE. pardurable. See Perdure. ] Very durable; lasting; continuing long. [ Archaic ] Chaucer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Per*dur"a*bly, adv. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]

n. (Philosophy) The philosophical view considering the fundamental objects of the real world as extended in the direction of time, so that the objects themselves do not change, though temporal parts may have different properties. Contrasted to endurantism, a view considering objects to be wholly present at each instant of time. [ PJC ]

n. (Philosophy) A philosopher who considers the fundamental objects of the real world as extended in the direction of time, so that the objects themselves do not change, though temporal parts may have different properties. Contrasted to endurantist, one who considers objects to be wholly present at each instant. [ PJC ]

{ } n. Long continuance. [ Archaic ] [ 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 ]