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endue

/ɪnˈdjuː/ UK
/ɛn-/ UK
/-ˈd͡ʒuː/ UK
/ɪnˈd(j)u/ US
/ɛn-/ US

Rhymes with -uː

Where it comes from

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.

verb endues · enduing · endued · endue

also, figuratively, transitive Of a person or thing: to take on (a different form); to adopt, to assume. 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, […]
also, archaic, figuratively, literary, transitive To put on (a piece of clothing, etc.); to wear; also (followed by with), to clothe (someone) with something. 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.
obsolete, rare, transitive To put (something) on top of a thing; to cover, to overlay. [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, […]
literary, transitive Followed by with: to invest (someone or something) with a certain power, quality, etc. [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; […]
obsolete, transitive Of a quality, etc.: to be inherent in (something). 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.
obsolete, transitive To supply (someone) with a thing. 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: […]
obsolete, transitive Synonym of endow (“to invest (a person, group of people, or institution) with property”). [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.
Similar: endow
obsolete, rare, transitive Synonym of bestow (“to impart (something) gratuitously; to grant”).
Similar: bestow
obsolete, transitive To raise or rear (someone); to bring up; also, to educate or instruct (someone).
obsolete, rare, transitive To bring (something) to a certain condition. [L]et our finger ake, / And it endues our other healthfull members, / Euen to that ſence of paine; […]
obsolete, transitive Of a hawk: originally, to pass (food in the crop or gizzard) into the stomach; later, to digest (food). Your gorge not endewed / Without a capon stewed
broadly, obsolete, transitive Of a person or animal: to digest (food). Her mete was very crude, / She had not wel endude; […]
figuratively, obsolete, transitive To take on; to absorb. 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.
intransitive, obsolete, rare Of food: to be digested.

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verb to invest (someone or something) with a certain power, quality, etc.

中文	賦予 /赋予 fùyǔ
Русский	наделя́ть nadeljátʹ, надели́ть nadelítʹ, одаря́ть impf or ода́ривать odarjátʹ, одари́ть odarítʹ

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@misc{endue_2026,
  title = {endue},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/endue},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}