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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

enure en · VERB

Etymology

From en- + ure. Variant form of inure.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To inure; to make accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant due to constant exposure.
  2. (intransitive) To take effect, to be operative; used with to.
    • The position of the individual as a subject of international law has often been obscured by the failure to observe the distinction between the recognition, in an international instrument of rights enuring to the benefit of the individual and the enforceability of these rights at his instance. 1995, Rosalyn Higgins, Problems and Process: International Law and How We Use It, page 53:
    • All our striving enures to our own spiritual benefit. 1934, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Commentary on The Holy Qur'an, note 3428 on 29:6

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
enures Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
enured Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
enured Tense=Past lexicographic
enuring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

enurement