The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Perdure \Per*dure"\ (p[~e]r*d[=u]r"), v. i. [L. perdurare; per
   through + durare to last.]
   To last or endure for a long time; to be perdurable or
   lasting. [Archaic]
   [1913 Webster]

         The mind perdures while its energizing may construct a
         thousand lines.                          --Hickok.
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