endear (to)

verb

Definition of endear (to)next
as in to ingratiate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for endear (to)
  1. ingratiate
  2. content
  3. placate
  4. appease
  5. propitiate
  6. comfort
  7. console
  8. disarm
Verb
  • By dint of being more active than Harris – and others – have been, Newsom has been able to ingratiate himself with donors.
    — Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 16 July 2026
  • What drives her attempt to use female solidarity as a way to ingratiate herself with Priscilla, a woman who is seemingly her enemy?
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 July 2026
Definition of ingratiate
Verb
  • Not content to wait for local officials to strike down ALPR contracts, concerned citizens are taking matters into their own hands by disabling or cutting down Flock camera towers wherever they’re found.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 16 July 2026
  • Not content with these measures, Johnson said in his post that his team is looking at experimental interventions, including CAR-T therapy — a personalized form of gene therapy that’s proved promising in various autoimmune patients.
    — Sarah Todd, STAT, 8 July 2026
Definition of content
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  • The company scrambled to placate the brands with new demonetization policies, stripping ads from huge batches of videos.
    — Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026
  • The note is there when Sugar gets back, placating his suspicions (for now) and deflating his ego.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 10 July 2026
Definition of placate
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  • But Reeves and Starmer faced criticism for some of their fiscal policies, such as increasing National Insurance — a kind of tax on employment — for businesses, and watering down welfare reforms to appease backbench lawmakers.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 21 July 2026
  • In other words, Lander did not feel the need to appease the Zionist mob by softening his rhetoric.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
Definition of appease
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  • Rulers on the Nile did not rely solely on their own human powers but worshipped and propitiated a natural world that was alive with gods.
    — Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The credulous faith that these superpowers will voluntarily settle for some form of peaceful coexistence, if only they are sufficiently propitiated with concessions, is naive and dangerous.
    — Michael Miklaucic, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2025
Definition of propitiate
Verb
  • The Gospel calls us not only to comfort those who mourn but also to protect the living.
    — Geri McGinn Kerger, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
  • Though the athlete left the city in 2000 to play soccer in Spain, the duo reconnected in 2005 when Messi flew home to comfort Roccuzzo after her best friend, Úrsula Notz, died in a car crash, according to Para Ti.
    — Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
Definition of comfort
Verb
  • Instead of consoling Messi, his Argentine teammates were embroiled in a brawl.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • Half a dozen Spanish players walked over to Messi after the final whistle to hug and console him.
    — Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Definition of console
Verb
  • The rapid-response unit within the Hellenic Police and the Athens Police Directorate immobilized and disarmed the suspect, detaining the individual on the scene, police said.
    — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 21 July 2026
  • Sibley rushed Popov, apparently to disarm the teen and save his friends, prosecutors argued, and Popov stabbed him in the heart.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 16 July 2026
Definition of disarm
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