/ɪnˈdjuː/, /ɛn-/, /-ˈd͡ʒuː/
OriginFrom both of the following:
* Chiefly sense 1: Late Middle English induen (“to clothe (someone); to assume or take on (an appearance)”), from Latin induere, the present active infinitive of induō (“to put on (clothes, etc.); to assume (a part)”), from indu- (an archaic variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘in; within’)) + *uō (“to put on (clothes, etc.)”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ew- (“to put clothes or shoes on”)).
* Chiefly sense 3 and sense 4: Late Middle English endeuen, enduen (“to endow; to induct or put (someone into office, etc.); (falconry) of a hawk: to pass food from the crop or gorge into the stomach”), from Old French enduire, induire (modern French enduire), from Latin indūcere, the present active infinitive of indūcō (“to bring or lead in; (by extension) to draw over, cover; (figurative) to bring into, establish, initiate; etc.”), from in- (see above) + dūcō (“to draw, pull; to guide, lead; etc.”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to draw, pull; to lead”)).
Sense 2 is from a combination of the above. Doublet of induce.
- also, figuratively, transitiveOf a person or thing: to take on (a different form); to adopt, to assume.
“Infinite ſhapes of creatures there [in the Garden of Eden] are bred, / And vncouth formes, vvhich none yet euer knevv, / […] / Some fitt for reaſonable ſovvles t’indew, / Some made for beaſts, ſome ma”
“Pallas [Athena], forth-vvith, an old-vviues ſhape indues; / Her hair all vvhite; her lims, appearing vveake, / A ſtaffe ſupports: vvho thus began to ſpeake.”
“Could I outwear my present state of woe / With one brief winter, and indue i' the spring / Hues of fresh youth, and mightily outgrow / That wan dark coil of faded suffering— […]”
- also, archaic, figuratively, literary, transitiveTo put on (a piece of clothing, etc.); to wear; also (followed by with), to clothe (someone) with something.
“Indu'd vvith Robes of various Hevv ſhe [Iris] flies, / And flying dravvs an Arch, (a ſegment of the Skies:) / Then leaves her bending Bovv, and from the ſteep / Deſcends to ſearch the ſilent Houſe of ”
“[T]he Baron, with the help of Mr Saunderson, had indued a pair of jack[-]boots of large dimension, and now invited our hero to follow him as he stalked clattering down the ample staircase, […]”
“But before the chiefs and captains rode to their several posts, they assembled around William, whom Fitzosborne had called betimes, and who had not yet endued his heavy mail, that all men might see su”
- obsolete, rare, transitiveTo put (something) on top of a thing; to cover, to overlay.
“[The altar in St. Peter's Basilica] of St. Veronica made by Fra[ncesco] Mochi, has over it in the Reliquary, where they shew'd us the miraculous Sudarium indued wᵗʰ the picture of oʳ Saviour [Jesus]'s”
- literary, transitiveFollowed by with: to invest (someone or something) with a certain power, quality, etc.
“[L]earning endueth mens mindes vvith a true ſence of the frailtie of their perſons, the caſualtie of their fortunes, and the dignitie of their ſoule and vocation; […]”
“And behold, I [Jesus] ſend the promiſe of my Father vpon you: but tarie ye in the citie of Hieruſalem, vntill ye be indued with power from on high.”
“VVhen I called upon thee, thou heardeſt me: and enduedſt my ſoul vvith much ſtrength.”
- obsolete, transitiveOf a quality, etc.: to be inherent in (something).
“Perhaps my ſemblance might deceive the truth, / That I to manhood am arriv'd ſo near, / And invvard ripenes doth much leſs appear / That ſom more timely-happy ſpirits indu'th.”
“Lion vvhom the footſteps of the fox purſue, / VVhoſe ſouls deceit and vanity endue.”
- obsolete, transitiveTo supply (someone) with a thing.
“Some reaſons of this double Coronation / I haue poſſeſt you vvithm, and thinke them ſtrong, / And more, more ſtrong, then leſſer is my feare / I ſhall indue you vvith: […]”
“[T]he Tribunes endue you vvith the Peoples Voyce, […]”
- obsolete, transitiveSynonym of endow (“to invest (a person, group of people, or institution) with property”).
“[H]e [Henry V] would be content to take in mariage the Lady Katheryn [Catherine of Valois] daughter vnto the French king [Charles VI of France], and to endue her with all the Duchye and countryes befo”
“And Leah ſaid, God hath endued me with a good dowry: Now will my huſband dwel with me, because I haue borne him ſixe ſonnes: and ſhee called his name Zebulun.”
- obsolete, rare, transitiveSynonym of bestow (“to impart (something) gratuitously; to grant”).
- obsolete, transitiveTo raise or rear (someone); to bring up; also, to educate or instruct (someone).
- obsolete, rare, transitiveTo bring (something) to a certain condition.
“[L]et our finger ake, / And it endues our other healthfull members, / Euen to that ſence of paine; […]”
- obsolete, transitiveOf a hawk: originally, to pass (food in the crop or gizzard) into the stomach; later, to digest (food).
“Your gorge not endewed / Without a capon stewed”
“I Mute [defecate] as a hauke dothe whan ſhe hath endued her gorge.”
“Cattes fleſhe is vnholeſome, and harde to be indewed, and breedeth perillous wormes, and ſtoppeth a Hawke in the gorge, and marreth hir winde.”
- broadly, obsolete, transitiveOf a person or animal: to digest (food).
“Her mete was very crude, / She had not wel endude; […]”
“All, (not only we) wait upon God; and he gives them their meat, though not our meat, (the word and the sacraments) yet their meat, such as they are able to digest and endue.”
“The Birds were large, fine, and neat accordingly; looking as like the Men in my Country, as one Pea do's like another; for they eat and drank like Men, muted like Men, endued or digested like Men, far”
- figuratively, obsolete, transitiveTo take on; to absorb.
“He did her ſeruice devvtifull, and ſevvd / At hand vvith humble pride, and pleaſing guile, / So cloſely yet, that none but ſhe it vevved, / VVho vvell perceiued all, and all indevvd.”
- intransitive, obsolete, rareOf food: to be digested.
Formsendues(present, singular, third-person) · enduing(participle, present) · endued(participle, past) · endued(past) · endue(infinitive) · endue(first-person, present, singular) · endued(first-person, past, singular) · endue(present, second-person, singular) · enduest(archaic, present, second-person, singular) · endued(past, second-person, singular) · enduedst(archaic, past, second-person, singular) · endueth(archaic, present, singular, third-person) · endued(past, singular, third-person) · endue(plural, present) · endued(past, plural) · endue(present, subjunctive) · endued(past, subjunctive) · endue(imperative, present) · -(imperative, past) · endew(alternative)