endear
/ɪnˈdɪə(ɹ)/US/ɪnˈdɪɚ/
endear verb: to make (something) more precious or valuable.
Verb
endear (third-person singular simple present endears, present participle endearing, simple past and past participle endeared)
- To make (something) more precious or valuable.
- To make (something) more expensive; to increase the cost of.
- To stress (something) as important; to exaggerate.
- Salvianus Massiliensis[…]saith, that amongst French-men, to lie and forsweare is no vice but a manner of speach. He that would endeare [translating encherir] this Testimonie, might say, it is now rather deemed a vertue among them.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 18, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
- To make (someone) dear or precious.
- By giving candy to the children the man tried to endear himself to them.
endear meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
endear in Tamil
- வயப்படுத்து, பிரியம் வை, பிரியம் காட்டு, பிரியப்படுத்து, கொஞ்சு, அன்புக்கு அடிமையாகு
endear in Urdu
- لاڈلا بنانا, پیارا کرنا
endear in Bengali
- দাম বাড়ানো, বাড়িয়ে বলা, প্রিয়, মূল্যবান করে তোলা
endear in Malayalam
- പ്രിയപ്പെടുത്തുക, പ്രിയത്തിനു പാത്രമാക്കുക
More languagesFewer languages
- endear in Kannada
- ಪ್ರೀತಿಗಳಿಸು, ಪ್ರೀತಿಪಾತ್ರನಾಗು, ಪ್ರೀತಿಪಾತ್ರಳಾಗು, ಅಕ್ಕರೆಯವನಾಗು
Examples of endear in a sentence
- Her acontextual approach did not endear her to historians.
- Emma's snippiness did not endear her to her co-workers.
- But I have to admit, this has just endeared me more to it.
Synonyms of endear
Forms of endear
| third-person singular present | endears |
|---|---|
| present participle | endearing |
| past participle | endeared |
| past | endeared |
| alternative form | indear |
Origin of endear
From en- + dear.
Words formed from endear
Words that rhyme with endear
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- spear
- career
- fear
- here
- steer
- appear
- cavalier
- cheer
- leer
- pioneer
- queer
- volunteer
- adhere
- beer
- chandelier
- deer
- financier
- pier
- premier
- privateer
- sheer
- veer
- vizier
- austere
- bombardier
- brigadier
- cashmere
- commandeer
- disappear
- grenadier
- interfere
- mere
- mountaineer
- peer
- sear
- tear
- tier
- unclear
- arrear
- bier
- blear
- cameleer
- cashier
- chiffonier
- cohere
- fakir
- farseer
- frontier
Questions about endear
- What does endear mean?
- Endear means to make (something) more precious or valuable.
- What is endear in Tamil?
- Endear in Tamil is வயப்படுத்து, பிரியம் வை, பிரியம் காட்டு. See Endear meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is endear?
- Endear is a verb.
- How do you pronounce endear?
- Endear is pronounced /ɪnˈdɪə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of endear?
- The past tense of endear is endeared.
Words near endear in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: endear (page history and authors); endear (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); endear (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); endear (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); endear (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); endear (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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