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Endue v. t. (past & past part. endued; pres. part. enduing) To invest. "Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high." "Endue them... with heavenly gifts."

Endue v. t. An older spelling of Endow.

Indue v. t. (past & past part. indued; pres. part. induing) (Written also endue)

To put on, as clothes; to draw on. "The baron had indued a pair of jack boots."

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." "Indued with intellectual sense and souls."

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"Endue" Quotes from Famous Books

... was mistaken. It is true that tastes differ, especially amongst tourists, who may be divided into two classes—those who merely care for the country, let them disguise it as they will, when they can endue it with the features of their town-life; and those who love the country for the sake of Nature, and thus endeavor to carry trails of freshness back with them to town. Now, it was all artificial dust and din that we desired to get rid of. We had traveled in ...

— Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 • Various

... second morning after He had been laid in it, and ascended into heaven in full view of His wondering disciples. In fulfilment of a promise made by Him shortly before the crucifixion, and repeated before the ascension, He and the Father conjointly sent the third person in the Trinity to endue with power from on high the simple men whose duty it now became to proclaim the gospel of salvation to the world. Jesus is now on the throne of His glory, but sooner or later He will come again to wind up the present dispensation ...

— The New Theology • R. J. Campbell

... have been known even to bake men alive. Often a town was attacked, and all the inhabitants, sometimes four or five hundred in number, were slaughtered. When the son of a great chief arrived at manhood, it was the custom to endue him with his toga virilis on the summit of a large heap of slaughtered enemies; and the whole population of a town was ruthlessly murdered for no other purpose than to ...

— The Cruise of the Mary Rose - Here and There in the Pacific • William H. G. Kingston

... Rock wheron the Church is based Pillar that cannot bend With strength endue us; and the ...

— The St. Gregory Hymnal and Catholic Choir Book • Various

... that whiche you shal fynd most surest helper and faythfulst councellour in all your affaires. Now your magnificet mynde studieth that, whiche all Englyshe menne with meke and humile heartes shuld desire GOD to endue your grace with all. Now with diligent labour you searche for a thyng, as one most myndeful of this saiyng: Happy is that realme that hath a lerned Prince. Nowe you trauaile for that, whiche conquereth, ...

— A Very Pleasaunt & Fruitful Diologe Called the Epicure • Desiderius Erasmus

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