endue

American  

[en-doo, -dyoo] / ɛnˈdu, -ˈdyu /

Also indue

verb (used with object)

endued, enduing

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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endue British  

/ ɪnˈdjuː /

verb

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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Other Word Forms

• unendued adjective

Etymology

Origin of endue

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”; induce

Example Sentences

He invoked them to endue his daughter with more than mortal beauty, that she might inflame the soul of princes, and sit upon their throne.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI by Leighton, Alexander

It is “the eyes alone that stamp the face with the outward symbol of animation and vitality,” and which endue it with the visible “sanctity of reason.”

From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous

That it may please thee to endue the Lords of the Council, and all the Nobility, with grace, wisdom, and understanding, We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

From The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy by Episcopal Church in Scotland

The heads that guide endue with skill, The hands that work preserve from ill, That we who these foundations lay May raise the top-stone in its day.

From The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Brown, Theron

The day was an exceedingly warm one, and he derived some little satisfaction from the fact that, at his present work, he was not called upon to endue the armour of respectability.

From Brood of the Witch-Queen by Rohmer, Sax