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ENDEAR
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they endear ... he / she / it endears
Past simple: endeared
Past participle: endeared
-ing form: endearing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make attractive or lovable
Example:
This behavior endeared her to me
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "endear" is one way to...):
delight; please (give pleasure to or be pleasing to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Derivation:
endearment (the act of showing affection)
Context examples:
Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
The other reason this new moon is exceptional is that Jupiter, in your commitment/marriage sector, will be beaming greetings to Neptune in your travel sector, and these two planets will set up direct communication, creating quite an endearing experience.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
With such a regard for her, indeed, as his had long been, a regard founded on the most endearing claims of innocence and helplessness, and completed by every recommendation of growing worth, what could be more natural than the change?
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
But her memory endears it now.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
But Isabella became only more and more urgent, calling on her in the most affectionate manner, addressing her by the most endearing names.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
