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Meaning of "endear" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ENDEAR

endear  [ɪnˈdɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENDEAR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Endear is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb endear in English.

WHAT DOES ENDEAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of endear in the English dictionary

The definition of endear in the dictionary is to cause to be beloved or esteemed.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ENDEAR

PRESENT

Present
I endear
you endear
he/she/it endears
we endear
you endear
they endear
Present continuous
I am endearing
you are endearing
he/she/it is endearing
we are endearing
you are endearing
they are endearing
Present perfect
I have endeared
you have endeared
he/she/it has endeared
we have endeared
you have endeared
they have endeared
Present perfect continuous
I have been endearing
you have been endearing
he/she/it has been endearing
we have been endearing
you have been endearing
they have been endearing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I endeared
you endeared
he/she/it endeared
we endeared
you endeared
they endeared
Past continuous
I was endearing
you were endearing
he/she/it was endearing
we were endearing
you were endearing
they were endearing
Past perfect
I had endeared
you had endeared
he/she/it had endeared
we had endeared
you had endeared
they had endeared
Past perfect continuous
I had been endearing
you had been endearing
he/she/it had been endearing
we had been endearing
you had been endearing
they had been endearing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will endear
you will endear
he/she/it will endear
we will endear
you will endear
they will endear
Future continuous
I will be endearing
you will be endearing
he/she/it will be endearing
we will be endearing
you will be endearing
they will be endearing
Future perfect
I will have endeared
you will have endeared
he/she/it will have endeared
we will have endeared
you will have endeared
they will have endeared
Future perfect continuous
I will have been endearing
you will have been endearing
he/she/it will have been endearing
we will have been endearing
you will have been endearing
they will have been endearing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would endear
you would endear
he/she/it would endear
we would endear
you would endear
they would endear
Conditional continuous
I would be endearing
you would be endearing
he/she/it would be endearing
we would be endearing
you would be endearing
they would be endearing
Conditional perfect
I would have endear
you would have endear
he/she/it would have endear
we would have endear
you would have endear
they would have endear
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been endearing
you would have been endearing
he/she/it would have been endearing
we would have been endearing
you would have been endearing
they would have been endearing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you endear
we let´s endear
you endear
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to endear
Past participle
endeared
Present Participle
endearing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ENDEAR


Agadir
ˌæɡəˈdɪə
balladeer
ˌbæləˈdɪə
bayadere
ˌbaɪəˈdɪə
bombardier
ˌbɒmbəˈdɪə
brigadier
ˌbrɪɡəˈdɪə
commandeer
ˌkɒmənˈdɪə
grenadier
ˌɡrɛnəˈdɪə
halberdier
ˌhælbəˈdɪə
idea
aɪˈdɪə
Judaea
dʒuːˈdɪə
Judea
dʒuːˈdɪə
Medea
mɪˈdɪə
mudir
muːˈdɪə
overdear
ˌəʊvəˈdɪə
subidea
ˌsʌbaɪˈdɪə
undear
ʌnˈdɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ENDEAR

endbrain
endearing
endearingly
endearingness
endearment
endeavorer
endeavour
endeavourer
endeavourment
endecagon
endeictic
endeixis
endemic
endemical
endemically
endemicity
endemiology
endemism
endenizen
ender

WORDS THAT END LIKE ENDEAR

appear
bear
clear
ear
fear
five-year
footwear
gear
hear
linear
near
New Year
nuclear
on a tear
outerwear
rear
redear
senior year
wear
year

Synonyms and antonyms of endear in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ENDEAR»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «endear» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of endear
attach · attract · bind · captivate · charm · draw · engage · incline · win

Translation of «endear» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
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TRANSLATION OF ENDEAR

Find out the translation of endear to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of endear from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «endear» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

使受欢迎
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ganarse el cariño
570 millions of speakers

English

endear
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्यार बचाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полюбить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

encarecer
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রি় করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faire apprécier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersemangat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

beliebt machen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

慕わせる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

~에게 사랑받게 하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Endear
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thân mật
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரியப்படுத்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रेमळपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sevdirmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

far benvolere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przywiązać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

полюбити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

îndrăgi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

endear
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bemin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

endear
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

endear
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of endear

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ENDEAR»

The term «endear» is normally little used and occupies the 109.310 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ENDEAR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «endear» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «endear» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about endear

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENDEAR»

Discover the use of endear in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to endear and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Linguistics and the Study of Literature
The pipes and the "ditties of no tone" which they produce are "more endear'd", rendered more valuable, more enriched, by the fact of being non-physical, hence non-temporal and permanent. Here two instances of what I have called the ...
Theo d'. Haen, 1986
2
A - I.
Endanger ( en-dan'- jer ) [ Pref. en & Danger. J v. t. to put to hazard, to expose to loss or injury 3n"t3i; as. "To E. life or peace." En- clan'gered pa. t. & pa. p. Endan' gerlng pr. p. & v. n. Endan'gerer n. Endan'germent n. -SR^I m, ^ Endear ...
Nilakantha Babaji Ranade, 1996
3
Oxford A-Z of English Usage
To endear someone to someone else means 'to make someone popular with or liked by someone'. The meaning is easy to grasp, but some people get into a bit of a muddle with the grammar. You can endear yourself to other people: she ...
Jeremy Butterfield, 2013
4
Seven Thousand Ways to Listen: Staying Close to What Is Sacred
To. endure. and. endear. I. have been thinking about this for a long time; trying to understand how we are asked by merely waking to endure the hardships of living and how we are asked, in the midst of that struggle and often through the ...
Mark Nepo, 2013
5
The Works of William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet. Timon of ...
So infinitely endear'd — 225 Tim. All to you. Lights, more lights ! First Lord. The best of happiness, honour and fortunes, keep with you, Lord Timon! Tim. Ready for his friends. [Exeunt all but Apcmantus and Timon. A fern. What a coil 's here !
William Shakespeare, William George Clark, William Aldis Wright, 1865
6
40 nos. of The Thursday penny pulpit containing sermons by ...
The very sameness of the desert too through which we are passing, the sameness of our enemies, the sameness of our friends, the sameness of our consolation, the sameness of our prospects, the sameness of our election, ought to endear us ...
James Harington Evans, 1844
7
Sidelights on Elizabethan Drama
The first speech of Lucius after the entry of Servilius— ' commend me to thy honourable, virtuous lord ', &c.—I have already mentioned. In the next, I note the word ' endear ', Ha! What has he sent? I am so much endeared to that lord, because it ...
H.D. Sykes, 2013
8
The select works of ... Thomas Brooks
He does it upon this account, that he may the more endear the hearts of his people to him. The greatest design of Christ in this world is mightily to endear the hearts of his people ; and indeed it was that which was in his eye and upon his heart ...
Thomas Brooks, 1824
9
The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks. Ed
Thirdly, He doth it upon this account, that he may the more endear the hearts of his people to him. The greatest design of Christ in this world is mightily to endear the hearts of his people ; and indeed it was that which was in his eye and upon ...
Thomas Brooks, Alexander Balloch Grosart, 1866
10
The Christian miscellany. [With] Monthly suppl. The Weekly ...
As Isaac was better beloved than the concubines' sons, so Isaac was better principled to improve love than they were. The application is easy. Thirdly : He doth it upon this account : That he may the more endear the hearts of his people to him.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENDEAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term endear is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Florida Supreme Court orders new congressional map with eight …
"They can't do other things to endear themselves to constituents." The court upheld the year-old ruling by Leon County Circuit Court Judge ... «Bradenton Herald, Jul 15»
2
First Draft | Alan Grayson Defends Bid for Marco Rubio Seat Amid …
And it's this platform that he believes will endear him to the disparate voting blocks in Florida and set him apart from Mr. Murphy. “This is why ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
Romain Vincelot: 'Dominating midfielder and soon-to-be Coventry …
He scored four times for the O's and if he can keep that knack up, he'll endear himself to the Coventry supporters even more. Make no doubt ... «Coventry Telegraph, Jul 15»
4
Greece crisis: Greeks blink first with tough tax and pension reform on …
... 'The leather-clad Greek finance minister failed to endear himself to his eurozone counterparts with his penchant for incendiary comments and ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
5
The Islamic State strategy v the Western approach
Second, it has promoted the concept of Caliphate to endear it with those Muslims who either naively or nostalgically believe that a return to the ... «Brisbane Times, Jul 15»
6
8 NBA Rookies Already Looking Like Steals from the 2015 Class
After all, LAC doesn't boast much depth at this point in the offseason, and his type of nonstop hustle could quickly endear him to head coach ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
7
Second Hand Dream For Sale: Owners Pack It In, List Park Slope …
... at least one stop-work order and incidents in which scaffolding damaged nearby cars and surrounding properties did not endear the project ... «New York Observer, Jul 15»
8
British Open | Chance to see legends bid farewell trumps distraction
... it can be a distraction, but that's usually outweighed by the privilege of witnessing how much one player can endear himself to so many. «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»
9
Buccaneers could draft Isaiah Battle in the Supplemental Draft today
Battle is widely seen as a very good prospect, but getting kicked off his college team won't endear him to NFL teams. The Bucs aren't that likely ... «Bucs Nation, Jul 15»
10
Fans prefer merchandise of AFL's young guns
He is still new to Brisbane, but it did not take Dayne Beams long to endear himself to the fans up north. Merchandise bearing the face and No.9 ... «The Age, Jul 15»

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