Word: endue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From both of the following: * Chiefly sense 1: Late Middle English induen (“to clothe (someone); to assume or take on (an appearance)”), from Latin induere, the present active infinitive of induō (“to put on (clothes, etc.); to assume (a part)”), from indu- (an archaic variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘in; within’)) + *uō (“to put on (clothes, etc.)”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ew- (“to put clothes or shoes on”)). * Chiefly sense 3 and sense 4: Late Middle English endeuen, enduen (“to endow; to induct or put (someone into office, etc.); (falconry) of a hawk: to pass food from the crop or gorge into the stomach”), from Old French enduire, induire (modern French enduire), from Latin indūcere, the present active infinitive of indūcō (“to bring or lead in; (by extension) to draw over, cover; (figurative) to bring into, establish, initiate; etc.”), from in- (see above) + dūcō (“to draw, pull; to guide, lead; etc.”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to draw, pull; to lead”)). Sense 2 is from a combination of the above. Doublet of induce. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdjuː/, /ɛn-/, /-ˈd͡ʒuː/, /ɪnˈd(j)u/ 1. Senses relating to covering or putting on. Labels: also, figuratively, transitive Example: Infinite ſhapes of creatures there [in the Garden of Eden] are bred, / And vncouth formes, vvhich none yet euer knevv, / […] / Some fitt for reaſonable ſovvles t’indew, / Some made for beaſts, ſome made for birds to vveare, […] Example: Pallas [Athena], forth-vvith, an old-vviues ſhape indues; / Her hair all vvhite; her lims, appearing vveake, / A ſtaffe ſupports: vvho thus began to ſpeake. 2. Senses relating to covering or putting on. Labels: also, archaic, figuratively, literary, transitive Example: Indu'd vvith Robes of various Hevv ſhe [Iris] flies, / And flying dravvs an Arch, (a ſegment of the Skies:) / Then leaves her bending Bovv, and from the ſteep / Deſcends to ſearch the ſilent Houſe of Sleep. Example: [T]he Baron, with the help of Mr Saunderson, had indued a pair of jack[-]boots of large dimension, and now invited our hero to follow him as he stalked clattering down the ample staircase, […] 3. Senses relating to covering or putting on. Labels: obsolete, rare, transitive Example: [The altar in St. Peter's Basilica] of St. Veronica made by Fra[ncesco] Mochi, has over it in the Reliquary, where they shew'd us the miraculous Sudarium indued wᵗʰ the picture of oʳ Saviour [Jesus]'s face, […] 4. Senses relating to giving some quality or thing. Labels: literary, transitive Example: [L]earning endueth mens mindes vvith a true ſence of the frailtie of their perſons, the caſualtie of their fortunes, and the dignitie of their ſoule and vocation; […] Example: And behold, I [Jesus] ſend the promiſe of my Father vpon you: but tarie ye in the citie of Hieruſalem, vntill ye be indued with power from on high. 5. Senses relating to giving some quality or thing. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Perhaps my ſemblance might deceive the truth, / That I to manhood am arriv'd ſo near, / And invvard ripenes doth much leſs appear / That ſom more timely-happy ſpirits indu'th. Example: Lion vvhom the footſteps of the fox purſue, / VVhoſe ſouls deceit and vanity endue. 6. Senses relating to giving some quality or thing. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Some reaſons of this double Coronation / I haue poſſeſt you vvithm, and thinke them ſtrong, / And more, more ſtrong, then leſſer is my feare / I ſhall indue you vvith: […] Example: [T]he Tribunes endue you vvith the Peoples Voyce, […] 7. Senses relating to giving some quality or thing. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: [H]e [Henry V] would be content to take in mariage the Lady Katheryn [Catherine of Valois] daughter vnto the French king [Charles VI of France], and to endue her with all the Duchye and countryes before reherſed. Example: And Leah ſaid, God hath endued me with a good dowry: Now will my huſband dwel with me, because I haue borne him ſixe ſonnes: and ſhee called his name Zebulun. 8. Senses relating to giving some quality or thing. Labels: obsolete, rare, transitive 9. Senses relating to directing or leading. Labels: obsolete, transitive 10. Senses relating to directing or leading. Labels: obsolete, rare, transitive Example: [L]et our finger ake, / And it endues our other healthfull members, / Euen to that ſence of paine; […] 11. Senses relating to taking in. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Your gorge not endewed / Without a capon stewed Example: I Mute [defecate] as a hauke dothe whan ſhe hath endued her gorge. 12. Senses relating to taking in. Labels: broadly, obsolete, transitive Example: Her mete was very crude, / She had not wel endude; […] Example: All, (not only we) wait upon God; and he gives them their meat, though not our meat, (the word and the sacraments) yet their meat, such as they are able to digest and endue. 13. Senses relating to taking in. Labels: figuratively, obsolete, transitive Example: He did her ſeruice devvtifull, and ſevvd / At hand vvith humble pride, and pleaſing guile, / So cloſely yet, that none but ſhe it vevved, / VVho vvell perceiued all, and all indevvd. 14. Senses relating to taking in. Labels: intransitive, obsolete, rare