01 a. Hard; harsh; severe; rough; toilsome.
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Hard; harsh; severe; rough; toilsome.[R.]“The winter is severe, and life is dure and rude.” — W. H. Russell.
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Webster, 1913
Dure
· IPA /djʊə/
02 v. i. To last; to continue; to endure.
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To last; to continue; to endure.[Obs.]“Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while.” — Matt. xiii. 21.