Defn: Long continuance. [Archaic]
PERDURE
Per*dure", v. i. Etym: [L. perdurare; per trough + durare to last.]
Defn: To last or endure for a long time; to be perdurable or lasting.
[Archaic]
The mind perdures while its energizing may construct a thousand
lines. Hickok.
PERDY
Per*dy", adv.
Defn: Truly. See Parde. [Obs.]
Ah, dame! perdy ye have not done me right. Spenser.
PERE
Pere, n.
Defn: A peer. [Obs.] Chaucer.
PEREGAL Per*e"gal, a. Etym: [OF. par very (L. per) + egal equal, L. aequalis.]
Defn: Fully equal. [Obs.] Chaucer. "Peregal to the best." Spenser.
PEREGRINATE Per"e*gri*nate, v. i. Etym: [L. peregrinatus, p.p. of peregrinari to travel. See Pilgrim.]