endeavour

Verb

 * 1) * November 20, 1777,, Debate in the Lords on the Address of Thanks
 * It is our duty to endeavour the recovery of these most beneficial subjects.
 * 1) * 1669 May 18, Sir Isaac Newton, Letter (to Francis Aston):
 * If you be affronted, it is better, in a foreign country, to pass it by in silence, and with a jest, though with some dishonour, than to endeavour revenge; for, in the first case, your credit's ne'er the worse when you return into England, or come into other company that have not heard of the quarrel.
 * It is our duty to endeavour the recovery of these most beneficial subjects.
 * 1) * 1669 May 18, Sir Isaac Newton, Letter (to Francis Aston):
 * If you be affronted, it is better, in a foreign country, to pass it by in silence, and with a jest, though with some dishonour, than to endeavour revenge; for, in the first case, your credit's ne'er the worse when you return into England, or come into other company that have not heard of the quarrel.