||En`do*zo"a (n`d*z"), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ndon within + zw^,on an animal.] (Zoöl.) See Entozoa.
En*drudge" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + drudge.] To make a drudge or slave of. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
En*due" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enduing.] [L. induere, prob. confused with E. endow. See Indue.] To invest. Latham.
Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
Luke xxiv. 49.
Endue them . . . with heavenly gifts.
Book of Common Prayer.
En*due", v. t. An older spelling of Endow. Tillotson.
En*due"ment (?), n. Act of enduing; induement.
En*dur"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. endurable. See Endure.] Capable of being endured or borne; sufferable. Macaulay. -- En*dur"a*ble*ness, n.
En*dur"a*bly, adv. In an endurable manner.
En*dur"ance (?), n. [Cf. OF. endurance. See Endure.] 1. A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance.
Slurring with an evasive answer the question concerning the endurance of his own possession.
Sir W. Scott.
2. The act of bearing or suffering; a continuing under pain or distress without resistance, or without being overcome; sufferance; patience.
Their fortitude was most admirable in their patience and endurance of all evils, of pain and of death.
Sir W. Temple.
Syn. -- Suffering; patience; fortitude; resignation.
En*dur"ant (?), a. Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc.
The ibex is a remarkably endurant animal.
J. G. Wood.
En*dure" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Endured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enduring (?).] [F. endurer; pref. en- (L. in) + durer to last. See Dure, v. i., and cf. Indurate.] 1. To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.
Their verdure still endure.
Shak.
He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure.
Job viii. 15.
2. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee?
Ezek. xxii. 14.
En*dure", v. t. 1. 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.
Both were of shining steel, and wrought so pure,
As might the strokes of two such arms endure.
Dryden.
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.