endeared

comparative more endeared · superlative most endeared

1. obsoleteHaving become treasured or precious; beloved.

   O, how should we prize the friendship of that most endeared Redeemer, who laid down his life not for his friends, but for his enemies, and of enemies to make them friends.

   1817, Robert Stevenson, Scripture portraits, or biographical memoirs of the most distinguished characters recorded in the Old Testament.

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   As being One in the contemplation of whom the soul finds all its demands of perfection answered, and in whom it reposes satisfied with the vision; whose favour it seeks after and enjoys as the chief good; to serve whom it regards its highest honour; to advance the interests of whose kingdom engages its warmest patriotism; in whose family it finds its most endeared kindred; and whose house is its longed-for home.

   1861, William Anderson, Treatise on Regeneration, page 31

   I am happy to know that the Prayer Book has become very endeared to my gallant comrades in H. M. Forces, both on sea and on land, who are doing their duty so well for King and Country.

   1915, Michael Adler, Prayer Book for Jewish Sailors and Soldiers

2. Characterized by affection; loving.

   Well, I felt very endeared to little Sammie and her adventurous curiosity

   2017, William Donald Harvey, The Adventures of Sammie: In Search of the Secrets of Life, page 7

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   While convalescent he wrote a long letter to an old fellow-student, between whom and himself there appears to have subsisted a very endeared friendship.

   1827, William Orme, Memoirs, including letters and select remains, of John Urquhart, page 118

   But these noisy, dirty Subways are faster, more frequent, and more efficient than the London Underground, and I'm very endeared to their ear-shattering clatters and their functional stations thick with the smell of fresh-cooked doughnuts.

   2010, Michael Palin, The Python Years: Diaries 1969-1979

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of endear