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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.
  3. to clothe.
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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
Related formsun·en·dued, adjective
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Examples from the Web for endue

Historical Examples

  • 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.

  • 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)
  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)
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Word Origin

C15: from Old French enduire, from Latin indūcere, from dūcere to lead
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Word Origin and History for endue

v.

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

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