The following text is adapted from Oscar Wilde's 1895 play The Importance of Being Earnest.<br/><br/>CECILY: Have we got to part?<br/><br/>ALGERNON: I am afraid so. It's a very painful parting.<br/><br/>CECILY: It is always painful to part from people whom one has known for a very brief space of time. The absence of old friends one can endure with equanimity. But even a momentary separation from anyone to whom one has just been introduced is almost unbearable.<br/><br/>As used in the text, what does the word "endure" most nearly mean?
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Mashaal Masha
Jan 12, 2024
The following text is adapted from Oscar Wilde's 1895 play The Importance of Being Earnest.
CECILY: Have we got to part? ALGERNON: I am afraid so. It's a very painful parting. CECILY: It is always painful to part from people whom one has known for a very brief space of time. The absence of old friends one can endure with equanimity. But even a momentary separation from anyone to whom one has just been introduced is almost unbearable.
As used in the text, what does the word "endure" most nearly mean?