endue

[ en-doo, -dyoo ]
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verb (used with object),en·dued, en·du·ing.
  1. to invest or endow with some gift, quality, or faculty.

  2. to put on; assume: Hamlet endued the character of a madman.

  1. to clothe.

Origin of endue

1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English endewen “to induct, initiate,” from Anglo-French, Old French enduire, from Latin indūcere “to lead in, cover, induce”; see induce
  • Also in·due [in-doo, -dyoo] /ɪnˈdu, -ˈdyu/ .

Other words from endue

  • un·en·dued, adjective

Words Nearby endue

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How to use endue in a sentence

  • And with Love we cannot endue him, for that is desire in its supreme degree.

    The Hidden Power | Thomas Troward
  • But did not you yourself come all the way from France to endue him with the duchy of Touraine?

    The Black Douglas | S. R. Crockett
  • Free from jealousy, he wished that all Israelites might be prophets like himself, and that31 God would endue them with His spirit.

  • The copies, both quarto and folio, read, endue our other healthful members even to a sense of pain.

  • Oh, that God may endue us both with grace and wisdom to discharge this solemn and important calling!

    Birth of a Reformation | Andrew Byers

British Dictionary definitions for endue

endue

indue

/ (ɪnˈdjuː) /


verb-dues, -duing or -dued (tr)
  1. (usually foll by with) to invest or provide, as with some quality or trait

  2. rare (foll by with) to clothe or dress (in)

Origin of endue

1
C15: from Old French enduire, from Latin indūcere, from dūcere to lead

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