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- Dictionaryendue/ɪnˈdjuː/
verb
- 1. endow or provide with a quality or ability: literary "our sight would be endued with a far greater sharpness"
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1. : provide, endow. endued with the rights of a citizen. 2. : imbue, transfuse. a mummy again endued with animation Mary W. Shelley. 3. [Middle English induen; influenced by Latin induere to put on] : put on, don.
Endue definition: to invest or endow with some gift, quality, or faculty.. See examples of ENDUE used in a sentence.
Synonyms for ENDUE: suffuse, infuse, imbue, invest, inculcate, inoculate, fill, charge; Antonyms of ENDUE: deprive, take (away), strip, eliminate, divest, remove, clear, empty.
Endue is a fancy literary term that shows up most often in formal writing, but you could impress someone by using it to mean "endow," "invest," or "empower." Less often, endue is used to mean "to put clothes on," or "dress," which makes sense when you know that endue comes from the Latin word induere , or "to put on."
1. ( usually foll by with) to invest or provide, as with some quality or trait. 2. rare ( foll by with) to clothe or dress (in) [C15: from Old French enduire, from Latin indūcere, from dūcere to lead]
endue in American English. (ɛnˈdu ; ɛnˈdju ; ɪndu ; ɪndju ) verb transitive Word forms: enˈdued or enˈduing. 1. Rare. to put on (a garment) 2. to provide ( with something); specif., to endow ( with qualities, talents, etc.) Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.
Jul 17, 2024 · endue (third-person singular simple present endues, present participle enduing, simple past and past participle endued) To pass food into the stomach; to digest; also figuratively, to take on, absorb.
