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Syn. -- To attempt; try; strive; struggle; essay; aim; seek.

En*deav"or, n. [Written also endeavour.] An exertion of physical or intellectual strength toward the attainment of an object; a systematic or continuous attempt; an effort; a trial.

To employ all my endeavor to obey you.

Sir P. Sidney.

To do one's endeavor, to do one's duty; to put forth strenuous efforts to attain an object; -- a phrase derived from the Middle English phrase "to do one's dever" (duty). "Mr. Prynne proceeded to show he had done endeavor to prepare his answer." Fuller.

Syn. -- Essay; trial; effort; exertion. See Attempt.

En*deav"or*er (?), n. One who makes an effort or attempt. [Written also endeavourer.]

En*deav"or*ment (?), n. Act of endeavoring; endeavor. [Obs.] Spenser.

En*dec"a*gon (?), n. [See Hendecagon.] (Geom.) A plane figure of eleven sides and angles.

En`de*cag"y*nous (?), a. [Gr. &?; eleven + &?; female.] (Bot.) Having eleven pistils; as, an endecagynous flower.

En"de*cane (?), n. [Gr. &?; eleven.] (Chem.) One of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series, C11H24, found as a constituent of petroleum. [Written also hendecane.]

En`de*caph"yl*lous (?), a. [Gr. &?; eleven + &?; leaf.] (Bot.) Composed of eleven leaflets; - - said of a leaf.

En*deic"tic (?), a. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to point out, show; &?; in + &?; to show.] Serving to show or exhibit; as, an endeictic dialogue, in the Platonic philosophy, is one which exhibits a specimen of skill. Enfield.

||En*deix"is (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; indication. See Endeictic.] (Med.) An indication.

En*de"mi*al (?), a. Endemic. [R.]

{ En*de"mic (?), En*de"mic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;, &?;; &?; + &?; the people: cf. F. endémique.] (Med.) Peculiar to a district or particular locality, or class of persons; as, an endemic disease.

An endemic disease is one which is constantly present to a greater or less degree in any place, as distinguished from an epidemic disease, which prevails widely at some one time, or periodically, and from a sporadic disease, of which a few instances occur now and then.

En*dem"ic, n. (Med.) An endemic disease.

Fear, which is an endemic latent in every human heart, sometimes rises into an epidemic.

J. B. Heard.

En*dem"ic*al*ly, adv. In an endemic manner.

En*dem`i*ol"o*gy (?), n. The science which treats of endemic affections.

En*den`i*za"tion (?), n. The act of naturalizing. [R.]

En*den"ize (?), v. t. To endenizen. [Obs.]

En*den"i*zen (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + denizen. Cf. Indenizen.] To admit to the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

End"er (?), n. One who, or that which, makes an end of something; as, the ender of my life.

En`der*mat"ic (?), a. Endermic.

En*der"mic (?), a. [Gr. &?; in + &?; skin.] (Med.) Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin.