different between endure vs nourish

English

Alternative forms

• enduer (obsolete)
• indure (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English enduren, from Old French endurer, from Latin ind?r? (“to make hard”). Displaced Old English dr?ogan, which survives dialectally as dree.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?dj???(?)/, /?n?dj??(?)/, /?n?d?????(?)/, /?n?d????(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?d(j)??/
• Rhymes: -??(r)

Verb

endure (third-person singular simple present endures, present participle enduring, simple past and past participle endured)

1. (intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.

   The singer's popularity endured for decades.

2. (transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
3. (intransitive) To last.

   Our love will endure forever.
4. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
5. (transitive) To suffer patiently.

   He endured years of pain.
6. (obsolete) To indurate.

Synonyms

• (to continue despite obstacles): carry on, plug away; See also Thesaurus:persevere
• (to tolerate something): bear, thole, take; See also Thesaurus:tolerate
• (to last): go on, hold on, persist; See also Thesaurus:persist
• (to remain firm): resist, survive, withstand
• (to suffer patiently): accept, thole, withstand
• (to indurate):

Related terms

• endurance
• enduring
• enduro
• duress

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “endure”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• durene, enduer, enured, reuned

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.dy?/

Verb

endure

1. first-person singular present indicative of endurer
2. third-person singular present indicative of endurer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of endurer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of endurer
5. second-person singular imperative of endurer

Anagrams

• rendue

English

Etymology

From Middle English norischen, from Old French nouriss-, stem of one of the conjugated forms of norrir, from Latin nutrire (“to suckle, feed, foster, nourish, cherish, preserve, support”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, NYC, other accents without the "Hurry-furry" merger) IPA^(key): /?n??.??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n??.??/, /?n?.??/
  • (hypercorrection) IPA^(key): /?n??.??/
• (accents without the hurry–furry merger)
• (accents with the hurry–furry merger)

Noun

nourish (plural nourishes)

1. (obsolete) A nurse.

Verb

nourish (third-person singular simple present nourishes, present participle nourishing, simple past and past participle nourished)

1. To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk and/or supplies waste, and promotes health.
   • 1638, Francis Bacon, The Historie of Life and Death

     other carnivorous Animals are difficultly nourished by Plants alone

   • 1872, Thomas Bull, The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Diseases

     Children nourished exclusively upon this simple food will be found to enjoy more perfect health

   • 1996, Alexander Frank Skutch, Orioles, Blackbirds, and Their Kin: A Natural History

     we have ample evidence that male Bobolinks do not shirk the labor of nourishing their families. In a four-year study, Wittenberger (1980, 1982) found that males delivered about 60 Bobolink percent of the food.

2. To support; to maintain; to be responsible for.
3. To encourage; to foster; to stimulate
   • 2003, Marilyn Byfield Paul, It's Hard to Make a Difference When You Can't Find Your Keys

     When we slow down to pay attention to our own experience, we open ourselves to the love and richness that is here all the time. These are moments that can nourish your connection to your heart.

   • 2010, Colin L. Powell, My American Journey

     I thanked the Fort Leavenworth military historian, Colonel von Schlemmer, for nourishing my first hope to memorialize the Buffalo Soldiers

   to nourish rebellion

   to nourish virtues

4. To cherish; to comfort.
   • 1611, King James Version, James v. 5

     Ye have nourished your hearts.

5. (of a person) To educate or bring up; to nurture; to promote emotional, spiritual or other non-physical growth.
   • 1611, King James Version, 1 Timothy iv. 6

     Nourished up in the words of faith.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

6. To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.

7. (intransitive, obsolete) To gain nourishment.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

Derived terms

• malnourish
• nourish a viper in one's bosom
• nourisher
• nourishing
• nourishment
• overnourish
• undernourish
• well-nourished

Related terms

• nurse
• nutriment
• nutrition

Translations

Further reading

• nourish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• nourish in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• nourish at OneLook Dictionary Search