outdure en · VERB
Etymology
From out- + dure.
Meanings
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(obsolete, transitive) To endure beyond; to outlast.
Egyptians, dare you think your higheſt Pyramids, Built to out-dure the Sun, as you ſuppoſe, Where your unworthy Kings lye rak'd in Aſhes, Are Monuments fit for him?
1619–1620, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The False One. A Tragedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act II, scene i:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outdured | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outdured | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| outdures | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| outduring | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |