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une holds out these to you as rewards." B. Jonson. (b) To continue to do or to suffer; to endure. "He can not long hold out these pangs." Shak. -- To hold up. (a) To raise; to lift; as, hold up your head. (b) To support; to sustain. "He holds himself up in virtue."Sir P. Sidney.

theless; notwithstanding; although; albeit; yet; but; however. The Moor -- howbeit that I endure him not -Is of a constant, loving, noble nature. Shak.

species of sensitive plant, of the genus Mimosa (M. sensitiva). -- To eat humble pie, to endure mortification; to submit or apologize abjectly; to yield passively to insult or humilitation; -- a phrase derived from a pie made of the entrails or humbles of a deer, which was formerly served to servants and retainers at…

es; whims. Is my friend all perfection, all virtue and discretion Has he not humors to be endured South.

to; to have a bearing on; to concern. I have a motion much imports your good. Shak. If I endure it, what imports it you Dryden.

Not to be endured; insupportable; intolerable. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Im*port"a*ble*ness, n. [Obs.]

An impossible thing; that which can not be thought, done, or endured. Impossibilities! O, no, there's none. Cowley.

at indignities you laid upon me Shak. A person of so great place and worth constrained to endure so foul indignities. Hooker.

Incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable; as, insufferable heat, cold, or pain; insufferable wrongs. Locke.

Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable; insupportable; unbearable; as, intolerable pain; intolerable heat or cold; an intolerable burden.

Want of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light.

Not enduring; not able to endure. The powers of human bodies being limited and intolerant of excesses. Arbuthnot.

es the smooth current of domestic joy. Johnson. Who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame. Heb. xii. 2. Tears of true joy for his return. Shak. Joy is a delight of the mind, from the consideration of the present or assured approaching possession of a good. Locke.…

To last; to endure; to remain unimpaired. If the malt be not thoroughly dried, the ale it makes will not keep. Mortimer.

of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

of Last, to endure. Chaucer.

Easy to be endured or performed; not severe; not difficult; as, a light affliction or task. Chaucer. Light sufferings give us leisure to complain. Dryden.

To do wrong; to commit a fault. I have misdone, and I endure the smart. Dryden.

In moral qualities; in disposition and character; as, one who physically and morally endures hardships.

To exceed in duration; to survive; to endure longer than. Milton.