endeavour

Noun · Verb

Synonyms: enterprise endeavor attempt effort try strive

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)“he had doubts about the whole enterprise”Synonyms: enterprise endeavor
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something“made an effort to cover all the reading material”“wished him luck in his endeavor”“she gave it a good try”Synonyms: attempt effort endeavor try

Verb (1)

attempt by employing effort“we endeavor to make our customers happy”Synonyms: endeavor strive

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Endeavor \En*deav"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endeavored; p. pr. & vb. n. Endeavoring.] [OE. endevor; pref. en- + dever, devoir, duty, F. devoir: cf. F. se mettre en devoir de faire quelque chose to try to do a thing, to go about it. See Devoir, Debt.] [Written also endeavour.] To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt. [1913 Webster]

It is our duty to endeavor the recovery of these beneficial subjects. --Ld. Chatham. [1913 Webster]

To endeavor one's self, to exert one's self strenuously to the fulfillment of a duty. [Obs.] "A just man that endeavoreth himself to leave all wickedness." --Latimer. [1913 Webster]