endue
[en-doo, -dyoo]
verb (used with object), en·dued, en·du·ing.
to invest or endow with some gift, quality, or faculty.
to put on; assume: Hamlet endued the character of a madman.
to clothe.
Also indue.
Origin of endue
1350–1400; Middle English endewen to induct, initiate < Anglo-French, Old French enduire < Latin indūcere to lead in, cover, induce
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Examples from the Web for endue
Historical Examples of endue
And with Love we cannot endue him, for that is desire in its supreme degree.
The Hidden PowerThomas Troward
Nothing was wanting to endue that drive with every illusion of a dream.
Linda Lee, IncorporatedLouis Joseph Vance
Only a people like the French can endue fashion with absolutism.
A Midsummer Drive Through The PyreneesEdwin Asa Dix
But did not you yourself come all the way from France to endue him with the duchy of Touraine?
The Black DouglasS. R. Crockett
But can you give little Gerda nothing to take which will endue her with power over the whole?
Andersen's Fairy TalesHans Christian Andersen
endue
indue
verb -dues, -duing or -dued (tr)
Word Origin for endue
C15: from Old French enduire, from Latin indūcere, from dūcere to lead
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