Chapter Encroachment to Endictment of E by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Endeavor
(En*deav"or), v. i. To exert one's self; to work for a certain end.

And such were praised who but endeavored well.

Pope.

Usually with an infinitive; as, to endeavor to outstrip an antagonist.

He had . . . endeavored earnestly to do his duty.

Prescott.

Syn. — To attempt; try; strive; struggle; essay; aim; seek.

Endeavor
(En*deav"or), n. [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.

Sir P. Sidney.

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" "Mr. Prynne proceeded to show he had done endeavor to prepare his answer." Fuller.

Syn. — Essay; trial; effort; exertion. See Attempt.

Endeavorer
(En*deav"or*er) n. One who makes an effort or attempt. [Written also endeavourer.]

Endeavorment
(En*deav"or*ment) n. Act of endeavoring; endeavor. [Obs.] Spenser.

Endecagon
(En*dec"a*gon) n. [See Hendecagon.] (Geom.) A plane figure of eleven sides and angles.

Endecagynous
(En`de*cag"y*nous) a. [Gr. eleven + female.] (Bot.) Having eleven pistils; as, an endecagynous flower.

Endecane
(En"de*cane) n. (Chem.) One of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series, C₁₁H₂₄, found as a constituent of petroleum. [Written also hendecane.]

Endecaphyllous
(En`de*caph"yl*lous) a. [Gr. eleven + leaf.] (Bot.) Composed of eleven leaflets; - - said of a leaf.

Endeictic
(En*deic"tic) a. [Gr. fr. to point out, show; in + to show.] Serving to show or exhibit; as, an endeictic dialogue, in the Platonic philosophy, is one which exhibits a specimen of skill. Enfield.

Endeixis
(||En*deix"is) n. [NL., fr. Gr. indication. See Endeictic.] (Med.) An indication.

Endemial
(En*de"mi*al) a. Endemic. [R.]

Endemic
(En*de"mic En*de"mic*al) a. [Gr. + the people: cf. F. endémique.] (Med.) Peculiar to a district or particular locality, or class of persons; as, an endemic disease.

An endemic disease is one which is constantly present to a greater or less degree in any place, as distinguished from an epidemic disease, which prevails widely at some one time, or periodically, and from a sporadic disease, of which a few instances occur now and then.

Endemic
(En*dem"ic), n. (Med.) An endemic disease.

Fear, which is an endemic latent in every human heart, sometimes rises into an epidemic.

J. B. Heard.

Endemically
(En*dem"ic*al*ly), adv. In an endemic manner.

Endemiology
(En*dem`i*ol"o*gy) n. The science which treats of endemic affections.