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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Enduring \En*dur"ing\, adjective Lasting; durable; long-suffering; as, an enduring disposition. ''A better and enduring substance.'' --Heb. x. 34. -- {En*dur"ing*ly}, adverb --T. Arnold. -- {En*dur"ing*ness}, noun
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Endure \En*dure"\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Endured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enduring}.] [F. endurer; pref. en- (L. in) + durer to last. See {Dure}, verb (used without an object), and cf. {Indurate}.]
1. To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.
Their verdure still endure. --Shak.
He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure. --Job viii. 15.
2. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee? --Ezek. xxii. 14.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
enduring
adjective
1: unceasing; "an abiding belief"; "imperishable truths" [syn: {abiding}, {imperishable}]
2: patiently enduring continual wrongs or trouble; "an enduring disposition"; "a long-suffering and uncomplaining wife" [syn: {long-suffering}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
166 Moby Thesaurus words for "enduring": Spartan, abiding, accepting, adamantine, age-long, aged, alive, ancient, antique, armed with patience, assiduous, bulky, changeless, chronic, constant, continuing, dense, diligent, disciplined, diuturnal, dogged, durable, eidetic, endurant, eternal, evergreen, faithful, firm, fixed, forbearing, fresh, frozen, green, hard, hardy, heavy, immobile, immortal, immutable, inalterable, indefatigable, indomitable, indulgent, industrious, insistent, intact, intransient, inveterate, invincible, inviolate, kept in remembrance, lasting, lenient, long-lasting, long-lived, long-standing, long-suffering, long-term, longanimous, longeval, longevous, loyal, macrobiotic, massive, never-tiring, obstinate, of long duration, of long standing, patient, patient as Job, perdurable, perduring, perennial, permanent, perpetual, perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, philosophical, plodding, plugging, preoccupied, quiescent, rapt, recalled, recollected, relentless, remaining, remembered, resolute, retained, rigid, rugged, sedulous, self-controlled, sempervirent, single-minded, sleepless, slogging, solid, sound, stable, static, stationary, staying, steadfast, steady, stoic, stout, strong, stubborn, sturdy, sustained, tenacious, tireless, tolerant, tolerating, tolerative, torpid, tough, unabating, unaltered, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unchecked, unconquerable, undaunted, understanding, undestroyed, undiscouraged, undrooping, unfading, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, unflinching, unforgotten, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unnodding, unrelaxing, unrelenting, unremitting, unshifting, unsleeping, unswerving, untiring, unvaried, unvarying, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying, unwinking, unyielding, utterly attentive, vital, vivid, weariless, well-built, well-constructed, well-founded, well-grounded, well-made
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