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Indure, v.¹ Also: indur, -dwre, -duire, -duyr, -dwir, -deur, -dewir. [ME. indure (c 1400, also induyr), L. indūrāre; common variant of the earlier Endure v.]

1. intr. To continue, to last, to go on.In common use throughout the 16th century.(a) c1450-2 Howlat 710.
All worschip and welth dayly induris Ib. 734.
Ordanit or [= ere] Adam, and ay till indur c1420 Ratis R. 432.
That manis kynd dois best indwre In gud heill Ib. 995.
It sal nocht weil indwre a1500 Henr. III. 126/11.
Thy kindome … sall nocht indure at thi desyre 1490 Irland Mir. I. 88/17.
Thar dampnacioun induris perpetuall Ib. 123/10.
The … discord that lang tyme has indurit c1500-c1512 Dunb. xi. 43.
Quhair nocht for tempest may indure 1515 Reg. Privy S. I. 411/2.
Ane speciale protectioun … , to indure for the space of sax monethis 1518 Treas. Acc. V. 162.
Begynnand at the first day of October ... indurand to the last day of September 1533 Boece vi. x. 205.
The disceptatioun certane tyme indurit 1549 Compl. 36/18.
The varld hes bot four hundretht fourty aucht ȝeir to iudure1552 Stirling B. Rec. I. 60. 15.. Clar. ii. 1909.
The feist indurit furth ane monethes space 1556 Lauder Off. Kings 479.
The maledictione of the pure Sall on yow and your seid indure 1584 Conv. Burghs I. 190.
His entry … to indure to the first of October 1585 ȝeiris 1596 Dalr. I. 263/25.
The freindschip … is … to indure perpetualie in al aeternatie 1630 Aberd. Council Lett. I. 335.
Salmond fischeing indures but for ane seasone of the yeir(b) 1535 Stewart 30508.
The fayth of Christ ay quhill he ma induir For to defend 1551 Banff Annals II. 379.
To indewir and lest thair eftir aye and quhill the said … yeris be … owtrunn 1561 Inverness B. Rec. I. 119.
The attollerance to induyr to Mychelmas nixt 1561 Rec. Earld. Orkney 268.
Till induir ay and quhill the said nyne yeris be compleitlie outrown 1540 Lynd. Sat. 98 (B).
I knaw my dayis indeuris bot a drame [1602 as ane dreame] 1570 Misc. Bann. C. I. 48*.
It is nocht possible to it for to induir ony lang tyme 1570 Sat. P. xxvii. 50.
That freindschip … langest will indwir a1585 Maitl. Q. xi. 85.
Sen er[d]lie thingis will not ay induire 1594 Wemyss of Bogie MSS.
To induire and continew during the space of seven ȝeiris

b. With complement: To continue or to persist (in doubt, in evil living, etc.). 1533 Boece i. ii. 35.
Quhare certane tyme doutsum indurit the fecht c1568 Lauder Minor P. i. 35.
Vicius men that in to uice indurs Ib. 421.
Tha wald nocht in sic deuylrie indure

2. tr. To endure, suffer, sustain, bear.Also, to suffer to be or to continue.(a) a1500 Henr. Fab. 652.
In dreid and schame our dayis we indure c1500-c1512 Dunb. lx. 10.
Grit injuris That nobillis in thar dayis indures Id. lxxiv. 34.
How sould ony gentill hart indure To se this sicht 1513 Doug. ii. v. 78.
Enewch has lestit of Priamus the ryng, The fatis wil na mair it induryng 1516 Acts XII. 32/7.
He … has indurit grete panis 1533 Boece iv. ix. 140.
Scottis convenyng first in hoisting has feirs curage reddy to indure the fecht Ib. vi. xvi. 219.
To … indure the residew of thare dolly dayis 1543 Corr. M. Lorraine 41.
I … sall tak quhat pyne I may indure to keip the contreth at rest 1549 Compl. 3/20.
Ȝe daly … induris as grit pane, as the queen Ysicrata indurit Ib. 9/6.
To use them to indure excesse of laubirs a1570-86 Maitl. F. xxix. 114.
With pacience … I wald … vther mennis infirmites indure 1580-92 James VI Lusus R. 33.
Bot ue indure farr grettair skaith c 1614 Melrose P. 599.
Foir the space of too or thrie dayis thei indwrit a mast wehement storme(b) 1535 Stewart 22485.
That bicker wes so awfull to induir Ib. 51110.
The fervent heit, quhilk he mycht not induir, Aboundit so 1567 Sat. P. ix. 190.
Suppose my death ȝe wald induire a1570-86 Maitl. F. clxxiv. 5.
Thair lang prosous may na man induir a1585 Maitl. Q. lxxxix. 40.
I sall induire the last combat