[f. as prec. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. ENDEAVOUR.
1548. R. Hutten, Sum of Diuinitie, L ij a. Good intencions or endeuoringes of reason.
1583. Golding, Calvin on Deut., vi. 35/2. For what else is a Christen mans lyfe, than an indeuoring to renounce the worlde and all his owne affections?
1665. Manley, Grotius’ Low-C. Warrs, 2. The unhappy endeavouring of Forraign Aid.
1840. Carlyle, Heroes (1858), 261. No dining at Freemasons’ Tavern … and infinite other jangling and true or false endeavouring!
1877. Mem. Bp. of Argyll, iii. 32. In addition to his other endeavourings.
