Endear vs Endearment - What's the difference?
endear | endearment |
(obsolete) To make (something) more precious or valuable.
(obsolete) To make (something) more expensive; to increase the cost of.
(obsolete) To stress (something) as important; to exaggerate.
*, II.18:
*:Salvianus Massiliensis this Testimonie, might say, it is now rather deemed a vertue among them.
To make (someone) dear or precious.
The act or process of endearing, of causing (something or someone) to be loved or to be the object of affection.
* 1913 , , The Vision Splendid , ch. 20:
The state or characteristic of being endeared.
* 1855 , , North and South , ch. 38:
An expression of affection.
* 1902 , , The Conqueror , ch. 18:
As a verb endear
is (obsolete) to make (something) more precious or valuable.As a noun endearment is
the act or process of endearing, of causing (something or someone) to be loved or to be the object of affection.endear
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* indearVerb
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*endearment
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* indearmentNoun
(en noun)- Every step of that walk led Jeff deeper into an excursion of endearment . It was amazingly true that he trod beside her an acknowledged friend, a secret lover.
- He could not forget the fond and earnest look that had passed between her and some other man—the attitude of familiar confidence, if not of positive endearment .
- When they were alone he called him "my boy," an endearment he never gave another.