rare. [f. ENDEAR v. + -ANCE.] The action of endearing, or the state of being endeared.

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1766.  C. Anstey, New Bath Guide (ed. 2), 77.

        Show it young Lady Betty, by way of Endearance,
And to give her a Spice of my Mein and Appearance.

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1871.  J. S. Brewer, Eng. Studies (1881), Introd. 45. His language is so much governed by this feeling of Divine endearance.

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