endue
verb (used with object)
to invest or endow with some gift, quality, or faculty.
has endued
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present perfectof endue (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"The danger of sudden temptation to indulge the lawless appetites with which heredity has endued us--me from the nameless forebears whom I never knew, you directly from parents both of whom boasted criminal records."
From Red Masquerade by Louis Joseph Vance
Nature has endued you with a powerful weapon, Vera.
From The Precipice by Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov
Moreover, as he has endued the soul of man with wisdom and understanding, it follows that the understanding and wisdom of God must be infinite.
From True Christianity by Johann Arndt
Nature, as one might say, has endued her gayest garb.
From Merry-Garden and Other Stories by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
And in the article of prayer, he has endued you with a power well nigh omnipotent.
From The National Preacher, Vol. 2. No. 6., Nov. 1827 Or Original Monthly Sermons from Living Ministers by Austin Dickinson
