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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dure \Dure\, adjective [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dure \Dure\, verb (used without an object) [F. durer, L. durare to harden, be hardened, to endure, last, fr. durus hard. See {Dure}, adjective] 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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