Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- etc Obsolete forms of
endear , etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb See
endear .
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- verb Alternative form of
endear .
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Examples
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The U. S as far as I can tell from over here is absolutely sick to the back teeth of the administrations almost endless apology tours around the world that doesn't indear them to others but makes them look a laughing stock.
Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege 2009
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The U. S as far as I can tell from over here is absolutely sick to the back teeth of the administrations almost endless apology tours around the world that doesn't indear them to others but makes them look a laughing stock.
Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege 2009
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I cannot overcome my too selfish sorrow, all her tenderness towards me, her care and anxiety for my welfare at all times, her watchfulness over my infant years, her advice and instruction in maturer age; all, all indear her memory to me, and highten my sorrow for her loss.
Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 9 October 1775 1963
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This hard talk may well indear itself to some of society who have had the luck never to be seriously ill but to many who are sick this just leads to more worry and more problems.
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