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Definition of Endeavoring
1. endeavor [v] - See also: endeavor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Endeavoring
Literary usage of Endeavoring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones (1866)
"And that he really seems to be throwing obstacles in the way of Mr. C., who is
endeavoring to procure commissary stores in England. ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"The record in that case on file in the clerk's office of this court shows that
in that case the sheriff was endeavoring by mandamus to collect the ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... and Harding change of opinion to which he gave exprés- ¡ endeavoring at the
same time to establish a certain sion in the Declaration of Milan, ..."
4. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1866)
"in or coming out of the said ports, or so near thereto as to show beyond a doubt
that they were endeavoring to run into them ; or which, from the documents ..."
5. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"... answer was returned by Major-general Loring that the enemy was in strong force
in his front and endeavoring to flank him. ably longer than the direct ..."
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