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[syn: endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endue]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.]
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1. To put on, as clothes; to draw on.
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The baron had indued a pair of jack boots. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. To clothe; to invest; hence, to endow; to furnish; to
supply with moral or mental qualities.
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Indu'd with robes of various hue she flies.
--Dryden.
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Indued with intellectual sense and souls. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued
with power from on high. --Luke xxiv.
49.
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Endue them . . . with heavenly gifts. --Book of
Common Prayer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Endue \En*due"\, v. t.
An older spelling of Endow. --Tillotson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
endue
v 1: give qualities or abilities to [syn: endow, indue,
gift, empower, invest, endue]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "endue":
accouter, apparel, arm, array, attire, authorize, bedeck, bedrape,
bundle up, clothe, clothe with power, deck, deputize, dight, dower,
drape, dress, dud, empower, enable, enclothe, endow, enrobe,
enshroud, envelop, enwrap, equip, furnish, garb, garment,
habilitate, invest, lap, muffle up, outfit, rag out, raiment, robe,
sheathe, shroud, swaddle, swathe, tire, vest, wrap, wrap up