endeavour
/ɪnˈdɛv.ɚ/ noun C1- British standard spelling of endeavor.
Plural endeavours
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Now let me endeavour to show you the different steps in my reasoning.
“We shall endeavour to clear up these points for you.
I cudgelled my brains until I fell asleep in the endeavour to find some explanation which would cover all these facts.
If your abhorrence of _me_ should make _my_ assertions valueless, you cannot be prevented by the same cause from confiding in my cousin; and that there may be the possibility of consulting him, I shall endeavour to find some opportunity of putting this letter in your hands in the course of the morning.
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