{ Per*du", Per*due" } (pr*d" or pr"d), a. [F. perdu, f. perdue, lost,
p. p. of perdre to lose, L. perdere. See Perdition.] 1. Lost to view;
in concealment or ambush; close.
He should lie perdue who is to walk the round.
Fuller.
2. Accustomed to, or employed in, desperate enterprises; hence,
reckless; hopeless. "A perdue captain." Beau. & Fl.
Per`du*el"lion (?), n. [L. perduellio; per + duellum, bellum, war.]
(Civil Law) Treason.
Per"du*lous (?), a. [See Perdu, a.] Lost; thrown away. [Obs.] Abp.
Bramhall.
Per*dur`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. Durability; lastingness. [Archaic] Chaucer.
Per*dur"a*ble (pr*dr"*b'l; 277), n. [Cf. F. perdurable, OE. pardurable.
See Perdure.] Very durable; lasting; continuing long. [Archaic]
Chaucer. Shak.
-- Per*dur"a*bly, adv. [Archaic]
{ Per*dur"ance (pr*dr"ans), Per`du*ra"tion (pr`d*r"shn), } n. Long
continuance. [Archaic]
Per*dure" (pr*dr"), v. i. [L. perdurare; per through + durare to last.]
To last or endure for a long time; to be perdurable or lasting.
[Archaic]
The mind perdures while its energizing may construct a thousand
lines.
Hickok.