endeavour

=Word: endeavour=

Context Sentence: I have endeavoured to make Virgil speak such English as he would himself have spoken.

Source: //__Translation Studies, Susan Bassnett,p64__//

Definition:(formal or pompous) to try; also can be used a noun e.g. she made no endeavour/every endeavor to help us.

This is quite a formal word - here are some more examples, look at the verbs it is used with:

They did not confine themselves to church attendance nor to their concern for church buildings, but **endeavoured** __to follow__ Christian principles in their everyday lives.

Western medical psychology **has endeavoured** __to link__ acupuncture with the human nervous system.

The Americans **endeavoured** __to persuade__ the Russians to reconvene the Joint Commission but without success.

'It is wholly consistent with the principles which I **have endeavoured** __to state__ in this speech.'

Are the verbs found with 'endeavour' to do with physical actions or types of behaviour?