enure

English

Etymology

From en- +‎ ure. Variant form of inure.

Verb

enure (third-person singular simple present enures, present participle enuring, simple past and past participle enured)

  1. To inure; to make accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant due to constant exposure.
  2. (intransitive, chiefly law) With "to": to take effect, to be operative.
    • 1934, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Commentary on The Holy Qur'an, note 3428 on 29:6:
      All our striving enures to our own spiritual benefit.

Derived terms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.