Bore stopped outside ancient city (7)
I believe the answer is:
endured
'bore' is the definition.
(bear can mean to endure)
'stopped outside ancient city' is the wordplay.
'stopped' becomes 'ended' ('end' can be a synonym of 'stop').
'outside' indicates putting letters inside (some letters go outside others).
'ancient city' becomes 'ur' (ancient Sumerian city state).
'ended' placed around 'ur' is 'ENDURED'.
(Other definitions for endured that I've seen before include "Bore; put up with" , "Red nude (anag.)" , "Put up with something" , "Carried on" , "Borne" .)