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To darken. [Obs.] Feltham.

Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the inner side; -- said of certain birds.

To dazzle. [Obs.] "Endazzled eyes." Milton.

To make dear or beloved. "To be endeared to a king." Shak.

With affection or endearment; dearly.

State of being endeared.

Making dear or beloved; causing love. -- En*dear"ing*ly, adv.

The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection. "The great endearments of prudent and temperate speech." Jer. Taylor. Her first endearments twining round the soul. Thomson.

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.] "…

One who makes an effort or attempt. [Written also endeavourer.]

Act of endeavoring; endeavor. [Obs.] Spenser.

A plane figure of eleven sides and angles.

Having eleven pistils; as, an endecagynous flower.

One of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series, C11H24, found as a constituent of petroleum. [Written also hendecane.]

Composed of eleven leaflets; -- said of a leaf.

Serving to show or exhibit; as, an endeictic dialogue, in the Platonic philosophy, is one which exhibits a specimen of skill. Enfield.

An indication.

Endemic. [R.]

An endemic disease. Fear, which is an endemic latent in every human heart, sometimes rises into an epidemic. J. B. Heard.

Peculiar to a district or particular locality, or class of persons; as, an endemic disease.