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Endure vs Underbear - What's the difference?

endure | underbear |

As verbs the difference between endure and underbear

is that endure is while underbear is to support, endure.

endure

English

Alternative forms

* enduer (obsolete) * indure (obsolete)

Verb

  • To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships.
    • The singer's popularity endured for decades.
  • To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
  • To last.
    • Our love will endure forever.
  • * Bible, Job viii. 15
    • He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure .
  • To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
  • * Bible, Ezekiel xxii. 14
    • Can thine heart endure , or can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee?
  • To suffer patiently.
    • He endured years of pain.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=April 11 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley. }}
  • (obsolete) To indurate.

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Related terms

    * endurance * enduring * enduro

    References

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    underbear

    English

    Verb

  • To support, endure.
  • (of cloth) To line, guard or face a material, especially cloth.
  • * 1599 ,
    • cloth of gold underborne with blue tinsel

    Derived terms

    * (l) English words prefixed with under-