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English Dictionary: endeavour	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
endeavour n a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness); "he had doubts about the whole enterprise" Synonym(s): enterprise, endeavor, endeavour 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" Synonym(s): attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try v attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy" Synonym(s): endeavor, endeavour, strive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. It is our duty to endeavor the recovery of these beneficial subjects. --Ld. Chatham. {To endeavor one's self}, to exert one's self strenuously to the fulfillment of a duty. [Obs.] [bd]A just man that endeavoreth himself to leave all wickedness.[b8] --Latimer.