Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to endear
Participle: endeared
Gerund: endearing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | endear |
| you | endear |
| he;she;it | endears |
| we | endear |
| you | endear |
| they | endear |
Perfect
| I | have endeared |
| you | have endeared |
| he;she;it | has endeared |
| we | have endeared |
| you | have endeared |
| they | have endeared |
Past
| I | endeared |
| you | endeared |
| he;she;it | endeared |
| we | endeared |
| you | endeared |
| they | endeared |
Pluperfect
| I | had endeared |
| you | had endeared |
| he;she;it | had endeared |
| we | had endeared |
| you | had endeared |
| they | had endeared |
Future
| I | will endear |
| you | will endear |
| he;she;it | will endear |
| we | will endear |
| you | will endear |
| they | will endear |
Future Perfect
| I | will have endeared |
| you | will have endeared |
| he;she;it | will have endeared |
| we | will have endeared |
| you | will have endeared |
| they | will have endeared |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | endear |
| you | endear |
| he;she;it | endear |
| we | endear |
| you | endear |
| they | endear |
Perfect
| I | have endeared |
| you | have endeared |
| he;she;it | have endeared |
| we | have endeared |
| you | have endeared |
| they | have endeared |
Imperfect
| I | endeared |
| you | endeared |
| he;she;it | endeared |
| we | endeared |
| you | endeared |
| they | endeared |
Pluperfect
| I | had endeared |
| you | had endeared |
| he;she;it | had endeared |
| we | had endeared |
| you | had endeared |
| they | had endeared |
Conditional
Present
| I | would endear |
| you | would endear |
| he;she;it | would endear |
| we | would endear |
| you | would endear |
| they | would endear |
Perfect
| I | would have endeared |
| you | would have endeared |
| he;she;it | would have endeared |
| we | would have endeared |
| you | would have endeared |
| they | would have endeared |
Imperative
| you | endear |
| we | Let's endear |
| you | endear |
Verbs conjugated like 'endear'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'endear'
ensear,
indear,
anear,
bedear,
dear,
edder,
elder,
endark,
endart,
endeavor,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to solicit in love
- address, bedear, chase after, court, make love, pitch woo, put the moves on, romance, solicit, spark, woo
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
3. Proto-Italic *en
4. Proto-Italic *en-
5. Latin in-
6. Old French en-bor.
7. Middle English en-
8. English en-
9. English dear
10. English endear
11. From en- + dear.
Sample Sentences
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[...] the goodness and graces of the living are nothing to the peculiar charms of one who _is not_. It is as if heaven had an especial band of angels, whose office it was to sojourn for a season here, and endear to them the wayward human heart, that they might bear it upward with them in their homeward flight. When you see that deep, spiritual light in the eye,—when the little soul reveals itself in words [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] of that rest which comes down on the free man's pillow, under laws which insure to him the rights that God has given to man ? How fair and precious to that mother was that sleeping child's face, endeared by the memory of a thousand dangers ! How impossible was it to sleep, in the exuberant possession of such blessedness ! And yet, these two had not one acre of ground,—not a roof that they could call [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)