'Indue' definitions:

Definition of 'indue'

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verb
Give qualities or abilities to [syn: endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endue]

Definition of 'Indue'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To put on, as clothes; to draw on. [1913 Webster]
  • The baron had indued a pair of jack boots. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To clothe; to invest; hence, to endow; to furnish; to supply with moral or mental qualities. [1913 Webster]
  • Indu'd with robes of various hue she flies. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Indued with intellectual sense and souls. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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