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Definition of perdure - 3 dictionary results

per⋅dure

[per-door, -dyoor]
–verb (used without object), -dured, -dur⋅ing.
to continue or last permanently; endure.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME perduren < L perdūrāre. See per-, dure 2
per·dure   (pər-dŏŏr', -dyŏŏr')   
intr.v.   per·dured, per·dur·ing, per·dures
To last permanently; endure.

[Middle English perduren, from Old French pardurer, from Latin perdūrāre; see perdurable.]

Perdure

Per*dure"\, v. i. [L. perdurare; per trough + durare to last.] To last or endure for a long time; to be perdurable or lasting. [Archaic]

The mind perdures while its energizing may construct a thousand lines. --Hickok.
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