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.

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 endued

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

Examples from the Web for endued

Historical Examples of endued

It was endued with a personality feminine, insidious and persuasive.
The Vagrant Duke
George Gibbs
He was endued with all virtues, and wanted nothing to complete his happiness but an heir.
The Arabian Nights
Unknown
Aye, so endued was he with good conditions that there was none bad in him, but good only.
Aucassin and Nicolette
Anonymous
She knew what the fever was; but she seemed to be endued with a courage which was more than human.
Work and Win
Oliver Optic
We seem to start out of ourselves—to be endued, for the time, with new energies.
Rookwood
William Harrison Ainsworth

British Dictionary definitions for endued

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 endued

endue

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