Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DUR'ING
DUR'ING, v. [ppr. of Dure.]
Continuing; lasting; holding on; as, during life, that is, life continuing; during our earthly pilgrimage; during the space of a year; during this or that. These phrases are the case absolute, or independent clauses; durante vita, durante hoc.
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