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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

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imp. & p. p.

Endeared

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p. pr. & vb. n.

Endearing

To make dear or beloved.

“To be endeared to a king.”

Shak.

To raise the price or cost of; to make costly or expensive.

[R.]

King James I. (1618).

Verb.

[from dear.] To make dear; to make more beloved. The distress of a friend endears him to us, by exciting our sympathy.

To raise the price. [Not in use.]