Definition of "endeavour" in English

noun

1. British standard spelling of endeavor.

verb

1. 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.
   • 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.