Endear

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: en=dear

CIDE DICTIONARY

Endear, v. t. 

•  To make dear or beloved.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  To raise the price or cost of; to make costly or expensive.  King James I. (1618).  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Endear, v.tr. (usu. foll. by to) make dear to or beloved by.

THESAURUS

Endear

allure, attract, becharm, bewitch, captivate, carry away, charm, draw on, enamor, enrapture, fascinate, hold in thrall, infatuate, inflame with love, seduce, tantalize, tempt, vamp

ROGET THESAURUS

Endear

Love

VB love, like, affect, fancy, care for, take an interest in, be partial to, sympathize with, affection, be in love with, have a love, for, entertain a love, for, harbor cherish a love, for, regard, revere, take to, bear love to, be wedded to, set one's affections on, make much of, feast one's eyes on, hold dear, prize, hug, cling to, cherish, pet, burn, adore, idolize, love to distraction, aimer eperdument, dote on, dote upon, take a fancy to, look sweet upon, become enamored, fall in love with, lose one's heart, desire, excite love, win the heart, gain the heart, win the affections, gain the affections, secure the love, engage the affections, take the fancy of have a place in the heart, wind round the heart, attract, attach, endear, charm, fascinate, captivate, bewitch, seduce, enamor, enrapture, turn the head, get into favor, ingratiate oneself, insinuate oneself, worm oneself, propitiate, curry favor with, pay one's court to, faire l'aimable, set one's cap at, flirt.