To endeavor one's self, to exert one's self strenuously to the fulfillment of a duty. [Obs.] "A just man that endeavoreth himself to leave all wickedness." Latimer.

Endamage
(En*dam"age) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endamaged (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Endamaging ] [Pref. en- + damage: cf. F. endommager.] To bring loss or damage to; to harm; to injure. [R.]

The trial hath endamaged thee no way.
Milton.

Endamageable
(En*dam"age*a*ble) a. Capable of being damaged, or injured; damageable. [Obs.]

Endamagement
(En*dam"age*ment) n. [Cf. F. endommagement.] Damage; injury; harm. [Obs.] Shak.

Endamnify
(En*dam"ni*fy) v. t. To damnify; to injure. [R.] Sandys.

Endanger
(En*dan"ger) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endangered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Endangering.]

1. To put to hazard; to bring into danger or peril; to expose to loss or injury; as, to endanger life or peace.

All the other difficulties of his reign only exercised without endangering him.
Burke.

2. To incur the hazard of; to risk. [Obs.]

He that turneth the humors back . . . endangereth malign ulcers.
Bacon.

Endangerment
(En*dan"ger*ment) n. Hazard; peril. Milton.

Endark
(En*dark") v. t. To darken. [Obs.] Feltham.

Endaspidean
(En`das*pid"e*an) a. [Endo- + Gr. a shield.] (Zoöl.) Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the inner side; — said of certain birds.

Endazzle
(En*daz"zle) v. t. To dazzle. [Obs.] "Endazzled eyes." Milton.

Endear
(En*dear") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endeared ; p. pr. & vb. n. Endearing.]

1. To make dear or beloved. "To be endeared to a king." Shak.

2. To raise the price or cost of; to make costly or expensive. [R.] King James I.

Endearedly
(En*dear"ed*ly) adv. With affection or endearment; dearly.

Endearedness
(En*dear"ed*ness), n. State of being endeared.

Endearing
(En*dear"ing), a. Making dear or beloved; causing love.En*dear"ing*ly, adv.

Endearment
(En*dear"ment) n. The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection. "The great endearments of prudent and temperate speech." Jer. Taylor.

Her first endearments twining round the soul.
Thomson.

Endeavor
(En*deav"or) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endeavored ; p. pr. & vb. n. Endeavoring.] [OE. endevor; pref. en- + dever, devoir, duty, F. devoir: cf. F. se mettre en devoir de faire quelque chose to try to do a thing, to go about it. See Devoir, Debt.] [Written also endeavour.] 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.

It is our duty to endeavor the recovery of these beneficial subjects.
Ld. Chatham.


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