endue

Verb

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Verb (1)endued, enduing

  1. give qualities or abilities toSynonyms: endowinduegiftempowerinvestMore general enableMore specific cover
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

En·due′ transitive verb [past tense & past participle Endued; present participle & verbal noun Enduing.]

Origin: L. induere, prob. confused with E. endow. See Indue.

To invest. Robert Gordon 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.

En·due′ transitive verb

An older spelling of Endow. John Tilllotson

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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