endear
Americanverb (used with object)
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to make dear, esteemed, or beloved.
He endeared himself to his friends with his gentle ways.
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Obsolete. to make costly.
verb
Other Word Forms
- unendeared adjective
Etymology
Origin of endear
Example Sentences
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This marketing strategy naturally didn’t endear him to others in his industry, since it implied that they were moving too fast and in the process breaking things.
Sam Sacks reviews the Nobel laureate’s “wily and endearing” final novel, in which a scholar investigating the life of a little-known guitarist suddenly becomes famous.
“I never thought about being an actress. I only thought about sewing,” she says with an endearing smile.
From Los Angeles Times
The whole film is endearing, but I found those moments of levity so well- timed and so thoughtful and funny.
From Los Angeles Times
It makes for a wily and endearing tale, and in Adrian Nathan West’s excellent translation, the writing is remarkably untroubled by the stylistic sclerosis that can afflict writers with Vargas Llosa’s prestige.
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