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en·ure

 (ĭn-yo͝or′)
v.
Variant of inure.
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enure

(ɪˈnjʊə)
vb
a variant spelling of inure
enˈurement n
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in•ure

(ɪnˈyʊər, ɪˈnʊər)

v. -ured, -ur•ing. v.t.
1. to toughen or harden by use or exposure; accustom; habituate (usu. fol. by to): inured to cold.
v.i.
2. to come into use; take or have effect.
3. to become beneficial or advantageous.
[1480–90; v. use of phrase in ure, en ure in use, customary]
in•ure′ment, n.
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enure


Past participle: enured
Gerund: enuring

Imperative
enure
enure
Present
I enure
you enure
he/she/it enures
we enure
you enure
they enure
Preterite
I enured
you enured
he/she/it enured
we enured
you enured
they enured
Present Continuous
I am enuring
you are enuring
he/she/it is enuring
we are enuring
you are enuring
they are enuring
Present Perfect
I have enured
you have enured
he/she/it has enured
we have enured
you have enured
they have enured
Past Continuous
I was enuring
you were enuring
he/she/it was enuring
we were enuring
you were enuring
they were enuring
Past Perfect
I had enured
you had enured
he/she/it had enured
we had enured
you had enured
they had enured
Future
I will enure
you will enure
he/she/it will enure
we will enure
you will enure
they will enure
Future Perfect
I will have enured
you will have enured
he/she/it will have enured
we will have enured
you will have enured
they will have enured
Future Continuous
I will be enuring
you will be enuring
he/she/it will be enuring
we will be enuring
you will be enuring
they will be enuring
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been enuring
you have been enuring
he/she/it has been enuring
we have been enuring
you have been enuring
they have been enuring
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been enuring
you will have been enuring
he/she/it will have been enuring
we will have been enuring
you will have been enuring
they will have been enuring
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been enuring
you had been enuring
he/she/it had been enuring
we had been enuring
you had been enuring
they had been enuring
Conditional
I would enure
you would enure
he/she/it would enure
we would enure
you would enure
they would enure
Past Conditional
I would have enured
you would have enured
he/she/it would have enured
we would have enured
you would have enured
they would have enured
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It is also useful to enure them to the cold when they are very little; for this is very serviceable for their health; and also to enure them to the business of war; for which reason it is customary with many of the barbarians to dip their children in rivers when the water is cold; with others to clothe them very slightly, as among the Celts; for whatever it is possible to accustom children to, it is best to accustom them to it at first, but to do it by degrees: besides, boys have naturally a habit of loving the cold, on account of the heat.
Not that they durst without his leave attempt, But us he sends upon his high behests For state, as Sovran King, and to enure Our prompt obedience.
Collins's home-cured version includes a warning that even resistance can become tyranny; when transferred to the big screen, however, some of that subtlety was lost and the films occasionally came to resemble the sort of spectacle that enures the citizens of Panem to their own oppression.
(4) See Pierre de Ronsard, (Enures V, 203-04: Ronsard plays with the Latin etymology of Metz (inetas, the limits) to contrast the circumscribed French conquest and the city walls that held strong with the arrogant motto chosen by Charles V, Ultra ("farther/further/beyond"; "Plus oultre" in French)--notwithstanding the fact that the poet also praises the territorial expansion achieved by Henry II: "Comme il a demarque les bornes de la France/Pour les planter plus loin par le fer de sa lance" ("How he upset the borders of France/To plant them further by the tip of his spear," Ibid.