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Definition of endure : 1. A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged. The term is applied in a general sense to the Pandects of Justinian ( see Pandect), but is also specially given by authors to compilations of laws on particular topics; a summary of laws; as, Comyn's Digest; the United States Digest.
2. To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate.
3. To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.
4. To harden; to toughen; to make hardy.
5. To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather.
6. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.

Synonyms:

give birth, patronage, cash in one's chips, jump out, birth, inhabit, move, house, sweat out, corroborate, indorse, assume, blend, be given, locomote, can, take over, protrude, melt, confront, hurt, patronize, snuff it, stop, detain, pass away, stick it out, anticipate, contribute, have, dominate, give-up the ghost, outwear, exsert, keep on, watch, contain, brace oneself, plunk for, stand firm, put forward, give out, lam, hunt down, become, confirm, blend in, fall apart, run away, bear up, break down, populate, deport, sojourn, extend, campaign, accept, course, melt down, fail, pop off, go through, face, remain firm, hold up, hang in, lodge, weary, head for the hills, turn out, comport, tin, wear upon, plump, expire, break away, lose, tend, break, exit, gestate, erect, get into, belong, offer, collapse, triumph, feed, handle, stretch out, keep going, ride out, wear out, behave, come through, hightail it, plump for, conduct, brave out, ply, hunt, have a bun in the oven, jump, execute, fatigue, lead, resist, pay, jade, eat, tire out, range, cease, rule, croak, deliver, meet with, rifle, support, meet, take, stick out, jut out, fly the coop, delay, don, pass, flow, encounter, project, operate, expect, digest, take to the woods, place upright, stand up, work, countenance, pull round, swallow, go away, incline, obtain, turn tail, rear, put on, await, fit, yield, stand out, rest, function, brook, consort, carry, resign oneself, nominate, lump, stick up, bunk, stand, defend, fend for, conk out, be, escape, go bad, tough out, allow, brave, go, lean, know, put up, decease, run for, post, domiciliate, reign, weather, wear thin, die, provide, raise, tire, sustain, back, guide, run, buy the farm, bust, bear out, withstand, fag out, subscribe, acquit, run low, endorse, carry on, affirm, wear off, leap out, draw, run short, avoid, scarper, black market, wear, play, stomach, scat, unravel, put out, bear with, defy, ache, hold on, bleed, conk, stand for, patronise, die hard, wear down, pull through, race, substantiate, hold water, back up, choke, kick the bucket, predominate, proceed, permit, bide, ladder, condense, succumb, start, sound, make it, jut, drop dead, get, feel, give way, set up, underpin, superannuate, hold out, depart, hold, stretch forth, have on, get going, concentrate, perish, live on, track down, hang on, fend, travel

outlive, outlast, prolong

perpetuate

devote, resolve

reside, dwell, survive

develop, age, mellow, grow old, mature, ripen, decline, deteriorate, season

experience, bear, persevere, last, put up with, persist, tolerate, remain, continue, go on, suffer, undergo, abide, linger, tarry

wait

live, exist, occur, prevail, subsist, am

stay

Usage examples:

• " And if one does not take life like that, one cannot take it in any way, and then how can one endure it? - "The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters", George Sand, Gustave Flaubert Translated by A.L. McKensie.
• You ask me how I endure Emily Norton. - "Set in Silver", Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson.
• You have already quite enough of anxiety to endure. - "Grandmother Elsie", Martha Finley.