"endear" meaning in English

See endear in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈdɪə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ɛnˈdɪə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ɪnˈdɪɚ/ [US], /ɛnˈdɪɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-endear.wav Forms: endears [present, singular, third-person], endearing [participle, present], endeared [participle, past], endeared [past]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From en- + dear. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|en|dear}} en- + dear Head templates: {{en-verb}} endear (third-person singular simple present endears, present participle endearing, simple past and past participle endeared)
  1. (obsolete) To make (something) more precious or valuable. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-endear-en-verb-9QssLn0A Categories (other): English terms prefixed with en- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 24 21 26 30
  2. (obsolete) To make (something) more expensive; to increase the cost of. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-endear-en-verb-aFUmWQMs Categories (other): English terms prefixed with en- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 24 21 26 30
  3. (obsolete) To stress (something) as important; to exaggerate. Tags: obsolete Translations (to cause to become liked): miellyttää (Finnish), saada pitämään (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-endear-en-verb-bU9unhLz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with en-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 22 37 24 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 24 21 26 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 17 46 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 18 49 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 12 63 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 11 57 18 Disambiguation of 'to cause to become liked': 7 26 42 25
  4. To make (someone) dear or precious.
    Sense id: en-endear-en-verb-~kVz3PsE Categories (other): English terms prefixed with en- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 24 21 26 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bedear, indear Derived forms: endearer, endearing, endearment, unendearing

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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