endue

[en-doo, -dyoo]

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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.

Origin of endue

1350–1400; Middle English endewen to induct, initiate < Anglo-French, Old French enduire < Latin indūcere to lead in, cover, induce

Related formsun·en·dued, adjective

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Related Words for endue

grant, provide, invest, dower, award, endow, furnish, indue

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 Power
Thomas Troward
Nothing was wanting to endue that drive with every illusion of a dream.
Linda Lee, Incorporated
Louis Joseph Vance
Only a people like the French can endue fashion with absolutism.
A Midsummer Drive Through The Pyrenees
Edwin Asa Dix
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
But can you give little Gerda nothing to take which will endue her with power over the whole?
Andersen's Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen

British Dictionary definitions for endue

endue

indue

verb -dues, -duing or -dued (tr)

(usually foll by with) to invest or provide, as with some quality or trait

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

Word Origin for endue

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

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Word Origin and History for endue

also indue, c.1400, from Old French enduire "lead, drive, initiate, indoctrinate" (12c.), from Latin inducere "to lead" (see induce). Related: Endued.