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Webster 1913 Edition
Endeavor
En-deav′or
,Verb.
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.
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.
En-deav′or
,Verb.
I.
To exert one's self; to work for a certain end.
And such were praised who but
endeavored
well. Pope.
Usually with an infinitive; as, to endeavor to outstrip an antagonist.
Syn. – To attempt; try; strive; struggle; essay; aim; seek.
En-deav′or
,Noun.
[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.
Syn. – Essay; trial; effort; exertion. See
Attempt
. Webster 1828 Edition
Endeavor
ENDEAV'OR
,Noun.
The bold and sufficient pursue their game with more passion, endeavor and application, and therefore often succeed.
Imitation is the endeavor of a later poet to write like one who has written before him on the same subject.
Labor is a continued endeavor, or a succession of endeavors.
ENDEAV'OR
,Verb.
I.
1.
v.t. To attempt to gain; to try to effect. It is our duty to endeavor the recovery of these beneficial subjects.