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dur·ance
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əns
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noun
1.
incarceration or imprisonment (often used in the phrase
durance vile
).
2.
Archaic
.
endurance.
Origin:
1400–50;
late Middle English
<
Middle French.
See
dure
2
,
-ance
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durance
(ˈdjʊərəns)
—
n
1.
imprisonment
2.
duration
[C15: from Old French, from
durer
to last, from Latin
dūrāre
]
Durance
(
French
dyrɑ̃s)
—
n
a river in S France, rising in the Alps and flowing generally southwest into the Rhône. Length: 304 km (189 miles)
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