An archaic or obsolete verb meaning to bite, gnaw, or consume by eating; to endure or wear away.
From Latin 'endere,' meaning 'to bite' or 'to gnaw,' related to 'dens' (tooth). This ancient verb appears rarely in modern English and survives primarily in historical texts, etymological studies, and scholarly dictionaries.
Latin 'endere' survives in English mostly through scientific terms like 'edentate' (toothless), but the verb itself largely died out—a victim of linguistic evolution where related words took over its functions.
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