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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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