endear
verbEtymology
From en- + dear.
Definitions
To make (something) more precious or valuable.
To make (something) more expensive
To make (something) more expensive; to increase the cost of.
To stress (something) as important
To stress (something) as important; to exaggerate.
- Salvianus Massiliensis[…]saith, that amongst French-men, to lie and forsweare is no vice but a manner of speach. He that would endeare [translating encherir] this Testimonie, might say, it is now rather deemed a vertue among them.
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To make (someone) dear or precious.
- By giving candy to the children the man tried to endear himself to them.
The neighborhood
- synonymbedear
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at endear. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at endear. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
6 hops · closes at endear
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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