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Webster 1913 Edition


Indue

In-due′

,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Indue

INDUE

,
Verb.
T.
indu'. [L. induo. This word coincides nearly in signification with endow, that is, to put on, to furnish. Dueo is evidently a contracted word.]
1.
To put on something; to invest; to clothe; as, to indue matter with forms, or man with intelligence.
2.
To furnish; to supply with; to endow.

Definition 2024


indue

indue

English

Verb

indue (third-person singular simple present indues, present participle induing, simple past and past participle indued)

  1. Alternative form of endue

Anagrams


French

Adjective

indue

  1. feminine singular of indu

Latin

Verb

indue

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of induō