endeavour

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdɛv.ə/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdɛv.ɚ/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdev.ə/ Rhymes: -ɛvə(ɹ) === Noun === endeavour (plural endeavours) British standard spelling of endeavor. === Verb === endeavour (third-person singular simple present endeavours, present participle endeavouring, simple past and past participle endeavoured) British standard spelling of endeavor. November 20, 1777, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Debate in the Lords on the Address of Thanks It is our duty […] to endeavour the recovery of these most beneficial subjects. 1669 May 18, Sir Isaac Newton, Letter (to Francis Aston): If you be affronted, it is better, in a foreign country, to pass it by in silence, and with a jest, though with some dishonour, than to endeavour revenge; for, in the first case, your credit's ne'er the worse when you return into England, or come into other company that have not heard of the quarrel. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Translingual: Endeavouria