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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.] 
  1.  To  put  on  as  clothes;  to  draw  on 
 
  The  baron  had  indued  a  pair  of  jack  boots.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  2.  To  clothe;  to  invest;  hence  to  endow;  to  furnish;  to 
  supply  with  moral  or  mental  qualities. 
 
  Indu'd  with  robes  of  various  hue  she  flies. 
  --Dryden. 
 
  Indued  with  intellectual  sense  and  souls.  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Endue  \En*due"\,  v.  t. 
  An  older  spelling  of  {Endow}.  --Tillotson. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  endue 
  v  :  give  qualities  or  abilities  to  [syn:  {endow},  {indue},  {gift}, 
  {empower},  {invest}] 




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