[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

enduring \endur"ing\, a.
   lasting; durable; long-suffering; as, an enduring
   disposition. "a better and enduring substance." --heb. x. 34.
   -- endur"ingly, adv. --t. arnold. -- endur"ingness,
   n.
see also:
endur"ingly endur"ingness 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

endure \endure"\, v. i. imp.  p. p. endured; p. pr.  vb.
   n. enduring. f. endurer; pref. en- l. in + durer to
   last. see dure, v. i., and cf. indurate.
   1. to continue in the same state without perishing; to last;
      to remain.
      1913 webster

            their verdure still endure.           --shak.
      1913 webster

            he shall hold it his house fast, but it shall not
            endure.                               --job viii.
                                                  15.
      1913 webster

   2. to remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer
      patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity;
      to hold out.
      1913 webster

            can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong
            in the days that i shall deal with thee? --ezek.
                                                  xxii. 14.
      1913 webster
see also:
endured enduring dure indurate 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

enduring
     adj 1: unceasing; "an abiding belief"; "imperishable truths" syn:
            abiding, imperishable
     2: patiently enduring continual wrongs or trouble; "an enduring
        disposition"; "a long-suffering and uncomplaining wife"
        syn: long-suffering
see also:
abiding imperishable long-suffering 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

166 moby thesaurus words for "enduring":
   spartan, abiding, accepting, adamantine, age-long, aged, alive,
   ancient, antique, armed with patience, assiduous, bulky,
   changeless, chronic, constant, continuing, dense, diligent,
   disciplined, diuturnal, dogged, durable, eidetic, endurant,
   eternal, evergreen, faithful, firm, fixed, forbearing, fresh,
   frozen, green, hard, hardy, heavy, immobile, immortal, immutable,
   inalterable, indefatigable, indomitable, indulgent, industrious,
   insistent, intact, intransient, inveterate, invincible, inviolate,
   kept in remembrance, lasting, lenient, long-lasting, long-lived,
   long-standing, long-suffering, long-term, longanimous, longeval,
   longevous, loyal, macrobiotic, massive, never-tiring, obstinate,
   of long duration, of long standing, patient, patient as job,
   perdurable, perduring, perennial, permanent, perpetual,
   perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious,
   philosophical, plodding, plugging, preoccupied, quiescent, rapt,
   recalled, recollected, relentless, remaining, remembered, resolute,
   retained, rigid, rugged, sedulous, self-controlled, sempervirent,
   single-minded, sleepless, slogging, solid, sound, stable, static,
   stationary, staying, steadfast, steady, stoic, stout, strong,
   stubborn, sturdy, sustained, tenacious, tireless, tolerant,
   tolerating, tolerative, torpid, tough, unabating, unaltered,
   unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unchecked, unconquerable,
   undaunted, understanding, undestroyed, undiscouraged, undrooping,
   unfading, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, unflinching,
   unforgotten, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unnodding, unrelaxing,
   unrelenting, unremitting, unshifting, unsleeping, unswerving,
   untiring, unvaried, unvarying, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying,
   unwinking, unyielding, utterly attentive, vital, vivid, weariless,
   well-built, well-constructed, well-founded, well-grounded,
   well-made

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