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endeavor
(encz) | endeavor,snaha n: [amer.] Pavel Cvrček |
endeavor
(encz) | endeavor,úsilí Zdeněk Brož |
Endeavor
(gcide) | Endeavor \En*deav"or\, v. i.
To exert one's self; to work for a certain end.
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And such were praised who but endeavored well. --Pope.
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Note: Usually with an infinitive; as, to endeavor to outstrip
an antagonist.
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He had . . . endeavored earnestly to do his duty.
--Prescott.
Syn: To attempt; try; strive; struggle; essay; aim; seek.
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Endeavor
(gcide) | 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.
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It is our duty to endeavor the recovery of these
beneficial subjects. --Ld. Chatham.
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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.
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Endeavor
(gcide) | 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.
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To employ all my endeavor to obey you. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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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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endeavor
(wn) | endeavor
n 1: a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one
that requires effort or boldness); "he had doubts about the
whole enterprise" [syn: enterprise, endeavor,
endeavour]
2: earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or
accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the
reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she
gave it a good try" [syn: attempt, effort, endeavor,
endeavour, try]
v 1: attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our
customers happy" [syn: endeavor, endeavour, strive] |
ENDEAVOR
(bouvier) | ENDEAVOR, crim. law. An attempt. (q.v.) Vide Revolt.
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