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perdure was our Word of the Day on 06/06/2014. Hear the podcast!
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Examples of perdure in a Sentence
in so many ways, the influence and legacy of the Roman empire perdures to this very day
Did You Know?
Perdure may be an unfamiliar word for many of our readers, but those who suspect they see hints of its ancestry in the more familiar synonym endure are correct. Perdure was borrowed into Middle English from Anglo-French and traces back to the Latin verb perdurare, meaning "to continue." Perdurare, in turn, was formed by combining the intensifying prefix per- with the verb durare, meaning "to last." Durare is also an ancestor of the English words endure, durable, indurate, and during, among others.
Origin and Etymology of perdure
Middle English, from Anglo-French pardurer, Latin perdurare
perdure Synonyms
Synonyms
abide, bide, endure, hold on, hold up, keep up, last, continue, persist, remain, run onAntonyms
cease, close, conclude, desist, die, discontinue, end, expire, finish, lapse, leave off, pass, quit, stop, terminate, wind upRelated Words
linger, stay, stick around, tarry; carry through, prevail, surviveNear Antonyms
abate, die (down), ebb, let up, moderate, subside, waneLearn More about perdure
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