To make hard; harden; inure.
To preserve; keep.
To last or hold out against; sustain without impairment or yielding; support without breaking or giving way.
To bear with patience; bear up under without sinking or yielding, or without murmuring or opposition; put up with.
To undergo; suffer; sustain.
To continue or remain in; abide in.
Synonyms To brook, submit to, abide, tolerate, take patiently.
To become hard; harden.
To hold out; support adverse force or influence of any kind; suffer without yielding.
To continue; remain; abide.
To continue to exist; continue or remain in the same state without perishing; last; persist.
Synonyms To last, remain, continue, abide, bear, suffer, hold out.