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e); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; -- opposed to Ant: beginning, when used of anything having a first part. Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof. Eccl. vii.…

That may be ended; terminable.

Complete termination. [R.] That but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here. Shak.

To bring loss or damage to; to harm; to injure. [R.] The trial hath endamaged thee no way. Milton.

Capable of being damaged, or injured; damageable. [Obs.]

Damage; injury; harm. [Obs.] Shak.

To damnify; to injure. [R.] Sandys.

To put to hazard; to bring into danger or peril; to expose to loss or injury; as, to endanger life or peace. All the other difficulties of his reign only exercised without endangering him. Burke.

Hazard; peril. Milton.

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.

e 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.] "A just man that endeavoreth himself to leave all wickedness." Latimer.…

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

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