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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 \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 \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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