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View synonyms for endear

endear

[ en-deer ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:

    He endeared himself to his friends with his gentle ways.

  2. Obsolete. to make costly.


endear

/ ɪnˈdɪə /

verb

  1. tr to cause to be beloved or esteemed


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Other Words From

  • unen·deared adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of endear1

First recorded in 1570–80; en- 1 + dear 1

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Example Sentences

Once discovered, this maneuver did not endear the councilors to their constituents.

Somehow, this did not endear Lonegan to voters, and Booker officially entered the Senate on Oct. 31st.

Her modest celebrity and Manhattan snobberies alternately isolate and endear her to the locals.

If he wants to endear himself to the Republican rank and file out in the heartland, he should change his tune on Obama fast.

These views will undoubtedly endear Perry to the Tea Party faithful.

There was nothing brilliant in her character, but she possessed every quality to endear her to all by whom she was known.

Such a relaxation would greatly endear His Majesty to his subjects.

She is uncompromisingly Anglo-Saxon and lacks that pliability which would endear her to the children of another race.

Moreover, his supercilious manners had not helped to endear him since his arrival.

Yet though they had become, in a sense, intimate, he made on her none of those demands which endear a man to a woman.

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