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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
endue
    v 1: give qualities or abilities to [syn: endow, indue,
         gift, empower, invest, endue]

2. 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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3. 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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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Endue \En*due"\, v. t.
   An older spelling of Endow. --Tillotson.
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Thesaurus Results for endue:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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