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en⋅deav⋅or
[en-dev-er] 
ər
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to exert oneself to do or effect something; make an effort; strive: We must constantly endeavor if we are to succeed. |
–verb (used with object)
| 2. | to attempt; try: He endeavors to keep things neat in his apartment. |
| 3. | Archaic. to attempt to achieve or gain. |
–noun
| 4. | a strenuous effort; attempt. |
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| 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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Endeavor
En*deav"or\, v. 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.Endeavor
En*deav"or\, v. i. To exert one's self; to work for a certain end. And such were praised who but endeavored well. --Pope. Note: Usually with an infinitive; as, to endeavor to outstrip an antagonist. He had . . . endeavored earnestly to do his duty. --Prescott. Syn: To attempt; try; strive; struggle; essay; aim; seek.Endeavor
En*deav"or\, n. [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. 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." --Fuller. Syn: Essay; trial; effort; exertion. See Attempt.
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Language Translation for : endeavor
Spanish:
esforzarse,
German:
sich bemühen,
Japanese:
努力する
endeavor
1417, lit. "in duty," from phrase put (oneself) in dever "make it one's duty" (a partial translation of O.Fr. mettre en deveir "put in duty"), from O.Fr. dever "duty," from L. debere "to owe."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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