Made dear, beloved, or cherished; having won someone's affection through kind or attractive behavior.
Past tense and past participle of 'endear,' showing the completed state of having caused affection or attachment.
Characters in Victorian novels are constantly 'endeared' to readers—it's the passive form that lets us describe how someone becomes lovable through their actions and qualities.
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