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endeavour
(mass) | endeavour
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endeavour
(encz) | endeavour,námaha Zdeněk Brož |
endeavour
(encz) | endeavour,namáhat se Zdeněk Brož |
endeavour
(encz) | endeavour,snaha n: luke |
endeavour
(encz) | endeavour,snažit se |
endeavour
(encz) | endeavour,úsilí Zdeněk Brož |
endeavour
(encz) | endeavour,usilovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
endeavour
(encz) | endeavour,vynasnažit se |
endeavour
(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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endeavour
(wn) | endeavour
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] |
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