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.