endue (redirected from induing)

en·due  (n-d, -dy) also in·due (n-)

tr.v. en·dued, en·du·ing, en·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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Verb

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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"