endue (redirected from indues)

en·due  (n-d, -dy) also in·due (n-)

tr.v. en·dued also in·dued, en·du·ing also in·du·ing, en·dues also in·dues

1. To provide with a quality or trait; endow: "A being whom I myself had formed, and endued with life, had met me at midnight among the precipices of an inaccesible mountain" (Mary Shelley).

2. To put on (a piece of clothing).

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[Middle English enduen, from Old French enduire, to lead in, induct (influenced by Middle English endowen, to endow), from Latin indcere; see induce. Sense 2, Middle English induen, to clothe, from Latin induere, to put on; see eu- in Indo-European roots.]

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endue, indue [ɪnˈdjuː]

vb -dues, -duing, -dued (tr)

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)

[from Old French enduire, from Latin indūcere, from dūcere to lead]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

endue - give qualities or abilities to endow, gift, indue, invest, empower enable - render capable or able for some task; "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain" cover - invest with a large or excessive amount of something; "She covered herself with glory"

Translations

endue [ɪnˈdjuː] VT → dotar (with de)

endue

vt → versehen, begaben (liter); to be endued with something → über etw (acc) → verfügen, mit etw begabt sein