Part 3758

<hw>En`das*pid"e*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>End</ets>o-</ets> + <ets>Gr. <?/, <?/, a shield.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the inner side; -- said of certain birds.</def>

<h1>Endazzle</h1> <Xpage=490>

<hw>En*daz"zle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To dazzle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Endazzled</i> eyes."

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Endear</h1> <Xpage=490>

<hw>En*dear"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Endeared</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Endearing</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To make dear or beloved.</def> "To be <i>endeared</i> to a king."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To raise the price or cost of; to make costly or expensive.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>King James I. (1618).</i>

<h1>Endearedly</h1> <Xpage=490>

<hw>En*dear"ed*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With affection or endearment; dearly.</def>

<h1>Endearedness</h1> <Xpage=490>

<hw>En*dear"ed*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being endeared.</def>

<h1>Endearing</h1> <Xpage=490>

<hw>En*dear"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Making dear or beloved; causing love.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>En*dear"ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Endearment</h1> <Xpage=490>

<hw>En*dear"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection.</def> "The great <i>endearments</i> of prudent and temperate speech."

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<blockquote>Her first <b>endearments</b> twining round the soul. <i>Thomson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Endeavor</h1> <Xpage=490>

<hw>En*deav"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Endeavored</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Endeavoring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>endevor</ets>; pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>dever</ets>, <ets>devoir</ets>, duty, F. <ets>devoir</ets>: cf. F. <ets>se mettre en devoir de faire quelque chose</ets> to try to do a thing, to go about it. See <er>Devoir</er>, <er>Debt</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>endeavour</asp>.]</altsp> <def>To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.</def>

<blockquote>It is our duty to <b>endeavor</b> the recovery of these beneficial subjects. <i>Ld. Chatham.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To endeavor one's self</col>, <cd>to exert one's self strenuously to the fulfillment of a duty. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "A just man that <i>endeavoreth himself<i> to leave all wickedness."</cd></cs>

<i>Latimer.</i>

<h1>Endeavor</h1> <Xpage=490>

<hw>En*deav"or</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To exert one's self; to work for a certain end.</def>

<blockquote>And such were praised who but <b>endeavored</b> well. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>