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Endeavor   /ɪndˈɛvər/   Listen
noun
Endeavor  n.  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."
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."
Synonyms: Essay; trial; effort; exertion. See Attempt.


verb
Endeavor  v. t.  (past & past part. endeavored; pres. part. endeavoring)  (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."
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."


Endeavor  v. i.  To exert one's self; to work for a certain end. "And such were praised who but endeavored well." Note: Usually with an infinitive; as, to endeavor to outstrip an antagonist. "He had... endeavored earnestly to do his duty."
Synonyms: To attempt; try; strive; struggle; essay; aim; seek.





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"Endeavor" Quotes from Famous Books



... I will endeavor to be to you—but why should I promise any thing for myself. God alone can give me strength to live ...
— Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 • Various
... that we can ever revisit the dear, lamented fields of Clwyd. Let us then, my Imogen, compose ourselves to the sedateness of despair. Let us surrender the success of our future efforts to fate. And let us endeavor to solace the short and only certain interval that we yet can call our own, by the recollection of ...
— Imogen - A Pastoral Romance • William Godwin
... the parlor, Captain Dobbs caught a view of himself in a large mirror, and saw to his dismay that he had not escaped the usual fate of gallants who endeavor to make themselves agreeable to the ladies in a crowded supper-room; lumps of blanc-mange adhered to his shirt bosom; particles of calf's-foot jelly coruscated like gems on his patent-leather gaiters, and quivering oysters ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 - Devoted To Literature And National Policy • Various
... of correction, ordinary attendant on conventional life, is the mania for examining and analyzing one's self at every turn. I do not invite men to neglect introspection and the examination of conscience. The endeavor to understand one's own mental attitudes and motives of conduct is an essential element of good living. But quite other is this extreme vigilance, this incessant observation of one's life and thoughts, this dissecting of one's ...
— The Simple Life • Charles Wagner
... photographic substitute. We approach the art of the film theater as if it stood entirely on its own ground, and extinguish all memory of the world of actors. We analyze the mental processes which this specific form of artistic endeavor ...
— The Photoplay - A Psychological Study • Hugo Muensterberg


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