ENDEAREDNESS
En*dear"ed*ness, n.
Defn: State of being endeared.
ENDEARING
En*dear"ing, a.
Defn: Making dear or beloved; causing love.
— En*dear"ing*ly, adv.
ENDEARMENT
En*dear"ment, n.
Defn: The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection. "The great endearments of prudent and temperate speech." Jer. Taylor. Her first endearments twining round the soul. Thomson.
ENDEAVOR En*deav"or, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endeavored; p. pr. & vb. n. Endeavoring.] Etym: [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.]
Defn: 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.
Defn: To exert one's self; to work for a certain end.
And such were praised who but endeavored well. Pope.