endue : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: endue	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for endue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
endue v give qualities or abilities to [syn: endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endue]
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 \Endue"\, 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.