Endeavor
Endeavor , transitive verb
[Old English endevor; pref. en- + dever, devoir, duty, French devoir: compare French se mettre en devoir de faire quelque chose to try to do a thing, to go about it. See Devoir, Debt.]
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.
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To endeavor one's self , to exert one's self strenuously to the fulfillment of a duty. [Obsolete] A just man that endeavoreth himself to leave all wickedness.
Endeavor , intransitive verb
To exert one's self; to work for a certain end.
And such were praised who but endeavored well.
He had... endeavored earnestly to do his duty.
Endeavor , noun
[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.
To employ all my endeavor to obey you.
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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.