Endue
[ɪn'djuː;en-]
Definition
(v. t.) To invest.
(v. t.) An older spelling of Endow.
Editor: Mamie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [Written also Indue.] Supply, invest, clothe, endow, enrich.
Editor: Lucius
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CLOTHE_and_ENDOW]
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Definition
v.t. to put on as clothes: to invest or clothe with: to supply with.—n. Endue′ment adornment.
Typist: Steven
Examples
- But I don't think God endued me with over-much wisdom or strength,' he added, falling back into his old position. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He seemed born anew, and virtue, more potent than Medean alchemy, endued him with health and strength. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- A being whom I myself had formed, and endued with life, had met me at midnight among the precipices of an inaccessible mountain. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- One of the ph?nonema which had peculiarly attracted my attention was the structure of the human frame, and, indeed, any animal endued with life. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The man, one might have fancied, was endued with a double portion of life, energy, and animal strength. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- A mummy again endued with animation could not be so hideous as that wretch. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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