Third person singular present tense of 'dure'; lasts or endures.
From Middle English 'duren,' from Old French 'durer,' from Latin 'durare.' Modern conjugation of the archaic verb.
If someone said 'love dures forever' in medieval English, they'd be using the same verb root that gave us 'duration'—showing how deeply 'lasting' matters to human language!
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