What does endue mean?

Definitions for endue
ɛnˈdu, -ˈdyuen·due

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endueverb

    give qualities or abilities to

Wiktionary

  1. endueverb

    To pass food into the stomach; to digest; also figuratively, to take on, absorb.

  2. endueverb

    To take on, to take the form of.

  3. endueverb

    To clothe (someone with something).

  4. endueverb

    To invest (someone) with a given quality, property etc.; to endow.

  5. Etymology: From enduire, partly from inducere, partly from en- + duire.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Endueverb

    Etymology: induo, Latin.

    Endue them with thy holy spirit. Common Prayer.

    Wisdom was Adam’s instructor in Paradise: wisdom endued the fathers, who lived before the law, with the knowledge of holy things. Richard Hooker, b. ii. s. 7.

    These banish’d men that I have kept withal,
    Are men endu’d with worthy qualities. William Shakespeare.

    With what ease,
    Endu’d with royal virtues as thou art,
    Appearing and beginning noble deeds,
    Might’st thou expel this monster from his throne. John Milton.

    Whatsoever other knowledge a man may be endued withal, he is but an ignorant person who doth not know God, the author of his being. John Tillotson, Sermons.

    Every Christian is endued with a power, whereby he is enabled to resist and conquer temptations. John Tillotson, Sermon 6.

    Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry. Gen.

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  1. endue

    Endue typically means to provide or equip someone with a particular quality or attribute. It can also mean to clothe or dress in something.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Endueverb

    to invest

  2. Endueverb

    an older spelling of Endow

  3. Etymology: [L. induere, prob. confused with E. endow. See Indue.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Endue

    en-dū′, Indue, in-, v.t. to put on, as clothes: to invest or clothe with: to supply with.—n. Endue′ment, adornment. [O. Fr. enduire—L. inducĕrein, into, ducĕre, to lead. In certain senses the word is closely related to induĕre, to put on.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of endue in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of endue in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4


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