Hypertext Webster Gateway: "endue"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Indue \In*due"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indued}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Induing}.] [Written also {endue}.] [L. induere to put on,
clothe, fr. OL. indu (fr. in- in) + a root seen also in L.
exuere to put off, divest, exuviae the skin of an animal,
slough, induviae clothes. Cf. {Endue} to invest.]
1. To put on, as clothes; to draw on.
The baron had indued a pair of jack boots. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. To clothe; to invest; hence, to endow; to furnish; to
supply with moral or mental qualities.
Indu'd with robes of various hue she flies.
--Dryden.
Indued with intellectual sense and souls. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Endue \En*due"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Endued}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Enduing}.] [L. induere, prob. confused with E. endow. See
{Indue}.]
To invest. --Latham.
Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued
with power from on high. --Luke xxiv.
49.
Endue them . . . with heavenly gifts. --Book of
Common Prayer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Endue \En*due"\, v. t.
An older spelling of {Endow}. --Tillotson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
endue
v : give qualities or abilities to [syn: {endow}, {indue}, {gift},
{empower}, {invest}]
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