[en-dev-er] 
| 1. | to exert oneself to do or effect something; make an effort; strive: We must constantly endeavor if we are to succeed. |
| 2. | to attempt; try: He endeavors to keep things neat in his apartment. |
| 3. | Archaic. to attempt to achieve or gain. |
| 4. | a strenuous effort; attempt. |
| en·deav·or (ěn-děv'ər) n.
v. tr. To attempt (fulfillment of a responsibility or an obligation, for example) by employment or expenditure of effort: endeavored to improve the quality of life in the inner city. v. intr. To work with a set or specified goal or purpose. [Middle English endevour, from endeveren, to make an effort, from (putten) in dever, (to put oneself) in duty, make it one's duty : in, in; see in1 + dever, duty (from Old French deveir, devoir, duty; see devoir).] en·deav'or·er n. |
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