endure

3 definitions • 4 examples

to suffer something difficult, unpleasant, or painful:

We had to endure a nine-hour delay at the airport.

She's already had to endure three painful operations on her leg.

to continue to exist for a long time:

The political system established in 1400 endured until about 1650.

to experience and bear something difficult, painful, or unpleasant:

[ T ] We had to endure a nine-hour delay at the airport.