endeared (2 a common 17th c. sense)
1.
enhanced in
value, made more precious
John IV. ii. 228
“to be endeared to a
king,”
Sonn. xxxi. 1.
2.
bound by obligation
2H4 II. iii. 11,
Tim. I. ii. 236
“so virtuously bound, .
. . So infinitely e-'d,”
III. ii. 36.