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Secondary or succedaneous end, some additional oh- end-all (end al), . [< end, v., + obj. all.] 
ject to be attained. Subjective or relative end, that That which ends all; conclusion, 
to which some particular impulse tends. Subordinate 
That but this blow 
Might be the be-all and the end-all here. 
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end, that which is aimed at as a means to some further 
end. The better end ((.), the inner and little-used 
end, as of a cable. Sartlett. j j 
We rode with two anchors ahead, and the cables veered endalongt, prep, and adl. 
endearment 
neighboring arteries on its way to supply a cap- 
illary district. 
Endaspidese (en-das-pid'e-e), . pi. [NL., < 
Gr. Ewiov. within, + amrif (aaird-), 
a shield 
out to the better end. 
,IU, aim bile cuuiea vecjcu o',i j. /->\ . i J .. 
Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, endamage (en-dam'a]), V. t. ; pret. and pp. ei, 
Shak., Macbeth, i. 7. ( sc ' u t e ), 4- -eo?.] 'in Sundevall's system of or- 
en/Hana. nithological classification, the second cohort 
See endlong. 
iret. and pp. en- o f scutelliplantar oscines, consisting of the neo- 
Tne earth in Scrip the remotest parts of damaged, ppr. endamaging. [Formerly also en- tropical Furnariina-., Synallaxinw, and Dendro- 
' ME. endam- co i ap tina!, or the South American oven-birds, 
the earth, or the inhabitants of those parts. 
17; Ps. xcv 
Deut. xxxiii. 
^ ^ v- r dammagc, indamage, endomage; < 
; Ps. xcviii. 3. To burn the candle at both ends. a g en> (OF.endommager,endommaigier,F.endom- pjcuiules'or tree-creepers, and their allies. 
e < " l Tn~7thBit'tt 1 p 1 rp r!rt nf n ^ S Tu e "ctthebetter''of" mager, endamage, < en- + dommager, damage: gndaspidean (en-das-pid'e-an), a. [As Enda- 
see en-l and damage.] To bring loss or damage gp ide<B + -an.] In ornith., having that modifi- 
to; harm; injure; prejudice. [Obsolescent.] cation of the scutelliplantar tarsus in which the 
If you bee a good man, rather make mud walls with scutellffi lap around the inner side of the tar- 
them, mend high wayes, . . . than thus they shuld en- gug^ut are deficient on the outer side. Distin- 
dam 'uoteTin D-s ^ofGrle%Playg, Int., p. xcvi. guished from exaspidean. See scutelUplantar. 
end7to'gi"ve" one a" beating "with the "end of a rope.-To The deceitful! Phisition, which recounteth all thinges endauntt, . t [ME. en daunten, <en- + rfrte, 
have (something) at one's fingers' ends, tojiave it at that may endomage his patient, neuer telling any thing tame, daunt: see en- 1 and daunt.] 1. 1 > tame. 
that may recure him. Lyly, Euphues, Anat. of Wit, p. 172. He en ^ a , mteae a douue [dove] day and nyght here fedde. 
Nothing is sinne, to count of, but that which endam- Piers Plowman (C), xviii. 171. 
ageth ciuill societie. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 295. % TQ respect or gtan( l j n f ea r of. 
endamageablet (en-dam'aj-a-bl), a. [< en- endaunturet, [ME. ; < endaunt + -ure.] A 
damage + -able.] Capable of being damaged taming. 
or injured. end-bulb (end' bulb), n. In anat. and physiol., 
endamagementt (en-dam'aj-ment), n. [= F. one O f the bulbous end-organs or functional 
endommagement; as endamage + -ment.] The terminations of sensory nerves, 
act of endamaging, or the state of being endam- end-dayt, n. [ME. ende day, endedai, endcdeie, 
aged; loss; injury. < AS. endedceg (= MHG. endetac), < ende, end, 
These flags of France, that are advanced here + dag, day.] The day of one's end; the day 
Before the eye and prospect of your town, t;o n ( mip's rlonth 
Have hither march'd to your endamagement. ltn - 
Shak., K. John, ii. 1. 
endamnifyt, v. t. [< en- 1 + damnify.] To dam- 
age. 
Those who hired the fishing of that lake adjoining were 
endamnijied much by the violent breaking in of the seas. 
Sandys, Travailes, p. 27ti. 
Dacies. 
By all which it should seem we have rather cheated the 
devil than he us, and have gotten the better end o/him. 
Bp. Sanderson, Works, I. 183. 
(6) To get the better part of ; have the advantage in : as, 
to get the better end of a bargain. To give one a rope's 
command ; be ready to impart it ; be thoroughly posted 
in it. 
Ay, sir, I have them [jests] al my fingers' ends. 
To make an end. (a) To finish ; come to a stop ; do no 
more : used absolutely, or with of before the thing con- 
cerned. 
Believe 't, my lord and I have made an end ; 
I have no more to reckon, he to spend. 
Shak., T. of A., iii. 4. 
How dull it is to pause, to make an end, 
To rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use ! 
Tennyson, Ulysses. 
(6) To bring about the end ; effect the termination or con- 
clusion : with of. 
There was 
them which 
I will make an end of my dinner ; there's pippins and 
cheese to come. Shak., M. W. of W., i. 2. 
To make both ends meet, to make one's income and ex- 
penditure balance each other ; keep within one's means. 
Worldly wealth he cared not for, desiring onely to make endanger (en-dan'ger), v. t [Formerly also *- 
danger; < WM T danger.] 
ely t 
both ends meet ; and as for that little that lapped over, he 
gave it to pious uses. Fuller, Worthies, Cumberland. 
The other impecunious person contrived to make both 
ends meet by shifting his lodgings from time to time. 
W. Slack. 
To put an end to, to finish ; terminate : as, to put an end 
to one's sufferings. 
The revolution put an end . . . to the long contest be- 
tween the King and the Parliament. 
Maeaiday, Sir William Temple. 
Sweet is death, who puts an end to pain. 
Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine. 
To the bitter end. See WMeri. To the end of the 
chapter. See chapter. To the end (that), in order 
(that). 
I schalle schewe how gee schulle knowe and preve to the 
ende that gee schulle not been discey ved. Mandeville, p. 51. 
Confess them [our sins] ... to the end that we may ob- 
tain forgiveness of the same. 
Book of Common Prayer, Exhortation toConfessionof Sins. 
= Syn. See extremity. 
end (end), v. [< ME. enden, endien, < AS. endian, 
usually geendian = OS. endion, endon = OFries. 
endia, enda, einda = D. einden = OHG. enteon, 
enton, MHG. G. enden = Icel. enda = Sw. anda 
= Dan. ende, end ; from the noun.] I. trans. 
1 . To bring to an end or a close ; make an end 
of; terminate: as, to end a controversy ; to end 
a war. 
On the seventh day God ended his work. Gen. ii. 2. 
Let death, which we expect, and cannot fly from, 
End all contention. 
Fletcher (and another), Sea Voyage, v. 2. 
Specifically 2. To bring the life of to an end ; 
kill ; destroy ; put to death. 
The Lord of Stafford dear to-day hath bought 
Thy likeness ; for, instead of thee, King Harry, 
This sword hath ended him. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., v. 3. 
Why should I, beastlike as I find myself, 
Not manlike end myself? our privilege 
What beast has heart to do it? 
Tennyson, Lucretius. 
3. To furnish the end of, as for protection or 
embellishment : as, to end a cane with an iron 
< en- 1 + danger.] 1. To bring into 
danger or peril; expose to loss or injury. 
What Necessity should move us, most valiant Prince, 
for obtaining of a Title to endanger our Lives? 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 15. 
Every one hath a natural dread of everything that can 
endanger his happiness. Tillotsoti. 
By an act of unjust legislation, extending our power 
over Texas, we have endangered peace with Mexico. 
Sumner, Orations, I. 8. 
Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the 
Southern States that by the accession of a Republican 
Administration their property and their peace and per- 
sonal security are to be endangered. 
Lincoln, in Raymond, p. 112. 
And sithe at his ende-day he was buried there. 
Robert of (Gloucester, App. 
endear (en-der'), *> t- [Formerly also indear; 
< en-i + dear*.] 1. To make dear in feeling; 
render valued or beloved ; attach ; bind by ties 
of affection. 
And thou, to be endeared to a king, 
Made it no conscience to destroy a prince. 
Shak., K. John, iv. 2. 
I ... sought by all means, therefore, 
How to endear, and hold thee to me firmest. 
Milton, S. A., 1. 796. 
He lived to repent ; and later services did endear his 
name to the Commonwealth. W. Phillips, Speeches, p. 337. 
RafHesia possesses many other sterling qualities far 
more calculated than simple bigness to endear it to a large 
and varied circle of insect acquaintances. 
Pop. Sci. Wo., XXVI. 177. 
2f. To engage by attractive qualities ; win by 
endearment. 
The expenses of his funeral, forty pounds, were directed 
to be paid from the public Treasury, "as a testimonial of 
the Colony's endeared love and affection to him." 
Plymouth Colony Records, in Appendix to New England's 
[Memorial, p. 467. 
3f. To make dear or costly ; raise the price of. 
Whereas, the excesse of newe buildings and erections 
hath daily more encreased, and is still like to do so; 
whereby and by the immoderate confluence of people 
thither, our said city [London] and the places adjoyning, 
are, and daily will be, more and more pestred, all victuals 
and other provisions endeared, &c. 
King James's Prod. cone. Buildings (1618), Rym. Feed., 
[i. 107. 
(en-der' ans), n. 
Affection. Ddvies. 
ferrule. 4. To set on end; set upright. 
II. intrans. 1 . To come to an end or a close ; endarkt ^(en-dark'), v. t. 
reach the ultimate or finishing point; termi- 
nate; conclude; cease: as, a voyage ends with 
the return of a ship. 
Her endethth mi thiss goddspell thuss. 
Ormulum, 1. 6514. 
All's well that ends well. Proverb. 
The angel ended, and in Adam's ear 
So charming left his voice, that he awhile 
Thought him still speaking, still stood flx'd to hear. 
Milton, P. L., viii. 1. 
The philosophy of Plato began in words and ended in 
words. Macaulay, Lord Bacon. 
2. Specifically, to die. 
Thus ended an excellent and virtuous lady, universally 
lamented. Evelyn, Diary, Sept. 22, 1652. 
To end even. See 
2f. To put within the danger (of) ; bring with- 
in the power (of). 
Another giveth the king counsel to endanger unto his 
grace the j udges of the realm, that he may ever have them 
on his side, and that they may, in every matter, dispute 
and reason for the king's right. 
Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), i. 
3f. To incur the hazard of; cause or run the 
risk of. 
He that turneth the humours back, and maketh the 
wound bleed inwards, endangereth malign ulcers and per- 
nicious imposthumatious. 
Bacon, Seditions and Troubles (ed. 1887). endearancet 
Mr. Pincheon offered his assistance, but wrote to the 
governour . . . that it would endanger a war. 
Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 397. 
Albeit I must confesse to be half in doubt whether I 
should bring it forth or no, it being so contrary to the 
eye of the world, and the world so potent in most men's 
hearts, that I shall endanger either not to be regarded, or endearedly (en-der'ed-li), adv 
not to be understood. MMm, Church-Government, ii. 1. . J r l J m Diet 
= Syn. 1. To hazard, risk, peril, imperil, jeopard. 
endangerment (en-dan'jer-ment), n. [< en- 
danger + -merit.-] The act of "endangering, or endearing (en -der'in g ), p. a. 
the state of being endangered ; danger. 
He was forced to withdraw aside, 
And bad his servant Talus to invent 
Which way he enter might without endangerment. 
Spenser, F. Q., V. ii. 20. 
Yokes not to be lived under without the endangerment 
of our souls. Milton, Tetrachordon. 
[< ME. endirken, *en- 
derken, < 'en- 1 + derTc, dark.] To make dark; 
darken. 
Yet dyuerse there be industrious of reason, 
Som what wolde gadder in their coniecture 
Of such an endarked chaptre some season ; 
Howe be it, it were hard to construe this lecture. 
[< endear 
-ance.] 
But my person and figure you'll best understand 
From the picture I've sent by an eminent hand, 
Show it young Lady Betty, by way of endearanee, 
And to give her a spice of my mien and appearance. 
C. Anstey, New Bath Guide, x. 
Affectionate- 
ly; dearly. Imp. Diet. 
endearedhess (en-der'ed-nes), n. The state of 
being endeared. More. 
[Formerly also 
indearing; ppr. of endear, v.] Having a ten- 
dency to make dear or beloved; awakening af- 
fection : as, endearing qualities. 
Nor gentle purpose nor endearing smiles 
Wanted, nor youthful dalliance, as beseems 
Fair couple. Milton, P. L., iv. 337. 
With those endearing ways of yours ... I could be 
brought to forgive anything. 
Goldsmith, Good-natured Man, ii. 
All Irish art is faulty and irregular, but often its faults 
are endearing, and in its discords there is sweet sound. 
Stedman, Viet. Poets, p. 20. 
In an endear- 
endable (en'da-bl), o. [< end + -dble.~] Capa- end-artery (end'ar"te-ri), '. An artery which, 
ble of being ended or terminated; terminable, with its branches, forms no anastomosis with 
endearingly (en-der'ing-li), a*'. 
Skelton, Garland of Laurel, ing manner ; so as to endear. 
endarkent (en-dar'kn), v. t. [< en-i + darken.] endearlyt (en-der'li), adv. [Irreg. (for dearly) 
Same as endark. < endear + -ly^.] Dearly. 
Portia so endearly reverenced Cato as she would for his 
preservation swallow coals. Ford, Honour Triumphant, iii. 
endearment (en-der'ment), 11. [< endear + 
-ment.] 1. The state o'f being endeared; ten- 
der affection ; love. 
When a man shall have done all to create endearment 
between them. South. 
Speaking words of endearment, where words of comfort 
availed not. Longfelloir, Evangeliue, i. 6. 
Vapours of disdain so overgrown, 
That my life's light wholly endarken'd is. 
Daniel, Sonnets to Delia, xxi. 
endarteritis (en-dar-te-ri'tis), n. [Nli., < Gr. 
evdov, within, + aprrip'ia, artery, + -itis.] In 
pathol., inflammation of the inner coat of an 
artery. Also endoarteriitis, endoarteritis. 
