per-dūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.
I Act. , to make hard , to harden (late Lat.): teneras plantas, Prud. Psych. 447.—
II Neutr. , to last or hold out , to endure (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: obduro, perfero), Ter. Hec. 269: perdurare non posse, Suet. Ner. 24: perdurandi pervicacia, Plin. 17, 20, 34, § 147: longum probitas perdurat in aevum, Ov. Med. Fac. 49: mora perduratura, Stat. Th. 1, 142: non perdurasse in senectutem, Sen. Ben. 7, 28: cotidie unanimiter in templo, abide , continue , Vulg. Act. 2, 46.