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indeavor

indeavor is the obsolete form of endeavor.

Meaning of endeavor

Noun

endeavor (plural endeavors)

  1. (US) A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal; assiduous or persistent activity.
    • My fellow Americans: Last night, when I spoke with you about the fall of Rome, I knew at that moment that troops of the United States and our allies were crossing the Channel in another and greater operation. It has come to pass with success thus far. And so, in this poignant hour, I ask you to...1944 June 6, Franklin D. Roosevelt, “Prayer on D-Day”, in Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2016

See all 5 meanings of endeavor

Forms of indeavor

Noun
pluralindeavors
Verb
third-person singular presentindeavors
present participleindeavoring
past participleindeavored
pastindeavored

Questions about indeavor

What is indeavor the obsolete form of?
Indeavor is the obsolete form of endeavor.

Words near indeavor in the dictionary

  1. indear
  2. indeared
  3. indearing
  4. indearment
  5. indears
  6. indeavor
  7. indeavor'd
  8. indeavored
  9. indeavoring
  10. indeavors
  11. indeavour

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Adapted from Wiktionary: indeavor (page history and authors); endeavor (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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