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endeavour

/ɪnˈdɛv.ɚ/

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What does endeavour mean?

noun

  1. British standard spelling of endeavor.

verb

  1. British standard spelling of endeavor.

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/ɪnˈdɛv.ɚ/

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Become a mere agency for the supply of information, the press has renounced all endeavour to enforce an idea or a doctrine.
Gustave Le BonThe crowd : $b A study of the popular mindProject Gutenberg ebook #445
The position is simply that there is, broadly speaking, the endeavour to eliminate an element which is essential to successful dramatic presentation.
Alexander H. (Alexander Hay) JappRobert Louis Stevenson: A Record, an Estimate, and a MemorialProject Gutenberg ebook #590
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His life has been a gallant endeavour to win further knowledge, though too much at the expense of a constitution originally delicate.
Samuel SmilesMen of Invention and IndustryProject Gutenberg ebook #725
I made a heroic endeavour To look unconcerned, but in vain, And I vow'd that I never—oh never Would ask anybody again!
Arthur Sullivan; W. S. (William Schwenck) GilbertThe Complete Plays of Gilbert and SullivanProject Gutenberg ebook #808
He relinquished the endeavour, folded his arms, and stood quiet and mute in the rain, now falling fast on his uncovered head.
Charlotte BrontëJane Eyre: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #1260