Definitions for endeavour
en·deav·our

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. enterprise, endeavor, endeavournoun

   a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)

   "he had doubts about the whole enterprise"

2. attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, tryverb

   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"

3. endeavor, endeavour, striveverb

   attempt by employing effort

   "we endeavor to make our customers happy"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. endeavournoun

   A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal.

2. endeavournoun

   Enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity.

3. endeavourverb

   To exert oneself.

4. endeavourverb

   To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously.

5. endeavourverb

   To attempt (something).

6. Etymology: endeveren, corresponding to ; compare.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ENDEAVOURnoun

   Labour directed to some certain end; effort to obtain or avoid.

   Etymology: devoir, French; endevoir.

   My studied purposes went
   Beyond all man’s endeavours. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   Heav’n doth divide
   The state of man in divers functions,
   Setting endeavour in continual motion. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

   Here their appointment we may best discover,
   And look on their endeavour. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

   I take imitation of an author, in their sense, to be an endeavour of a later poet to write like one, who has written before him on the same subject. Dryden.

   The bold and sufficient pursue their game with more passion, endeavour, and application, and therefore often succeed. William Temple.

   She could not make the least endeavour towards the producing of any thing that hath vital and organical parts. John Ray.

   Such an assurance as will quicken mens endeavours for the obtaining of a lesser good, ought to animate men more powerfully in the pursuit of that which is infinitely greater. John Tillotson.

   This is the hinge on which turns the liberty of intellectual beings, in their constant endeavours after, and steady prosecution of true felicity. John Locke.

2. To Endeavourverb

   To attempt; to try.

   To pray’r, repentance, and obedience due,
   Though but endeavour’d with sincere intent,
   Mine ear shall not be slow, mine ear not shut. John Milton, P. L.

3. To Endeavourverb

   To labour to a certain purpose; to work for a certain end.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   I could wish that more of our country-clergy would endeavour after a handsome elocution. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 106.

   Of old, those met rewards who could excel;
   And those were prais’d, who but endeavour’d well. Alexander Pope.

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1. endeavour

   Endeavour generally refers to a determined or serious effort or attempt to achieve a goal or complete a task. It means to try hard to do or achieve something. It can also refer to an activity or project that involves effort or hard work.

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1. Endeavour

   The Endeavour was a long-distance passenger train service between Wellington and Napier in the North Island of New Zealand. The service was modelled on the Southerner service in the South Island, and operated from 1972 to 1989.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Endeavour

   en-dev′ur, v.i. to strive to accomplish an object: to attempt or try.—v.t. to attempt.—n. an exertion of power towards some object: attempt or trial.—n. Endeav′ourment (Spens.), endeavour.—Do one's endeavour, to do one's utmost. [Fr. en devoir—en, in (with force of 'to do' or 'make,' as in en-amour, en-courage), and devoir, duty.]

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1. endeavour

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of endeavour in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of endeavour in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of endeavour in a Sentence

1. The Hitopadesa:

   Prosperity attends the lion-hearted man who exerts himself, while we say, destiny will ensure it. Laying aside destiny, show manly fortitude by thy own strength: if thou endeavour, and thy endeavours fail of success, what crime is there in failing?

2. Mariana Fulger:

   I noticed that understanding truth is a difficult endeavour, many times impossible, and I continued to look for truth.

3. Sir Ernest Shackleton:

   Never for me the lowered banner, never the last endeavour.

4. Van Rooyen:

   I take this job at a very challenging time. I will endeavour to ensure every policy is directed at creating favourable investment conditions that will lead to the development of South Africa for all South Africans.

5. Hazlitt:

   A man who does not endeavour to seem more than he is will generally be thought nothing of. We habitually make such large deductions for pretence and imposture that no real merit will stand against them. It is necessary to set off our good qualities with a certain air of plausibility and self-importance, as some attention to fashion is necessary.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=endeavour
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Endeavour
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=endeavour
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=endeavour
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=endeavour