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Definition of Endue
1. Verb. Give qualities or abilities to.
Generic synonyms: Enable
Specialized synonyms: Cover
Derivative terms: Endowment, Gift, Gift
Definition of Endue
1. v. t. To invest.
2. v. t. An older spelling of Endow.
Definition of Endue
1. Verb. (obsolete) To pass food into the stomach; to digest; also figuratively, to take on, absorb. ¹
2. Verb. To take on, to take the form of. ¹
3. Verb. To clothe (someone (term with) something). ¹
4. Verb. To invest (someone) (term with) a given quality, property etc.; to endow. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Endue
1. to provide with some quality or gift [v -DUED, -DUING, -DUES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Endue
Literary usage of Endue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History by John Lothrop Motley (1868)
"... of religious enthusiasm, allying itself with the keen instinct of civil liberty,
would endue the provinces with strength to throw off the Spanish yoke ? ..."
2. A Selection of English Synonyms by Elizabeth Jane Whately, Richard Whately (1860)
"To endue ' is limited to mental qualification : ' to endow ' also includes physical
and worldly ones : indeed, primarily it refers to property, ..."
3. The Napolead: In Twelve Books by Thomas Hedges Genin (1833)
"... might conquer: Great Napoleon rose And him endue with mercy to forgive From
that high m-ind:tte, and the thrones around Long trembled at his arms; war, ..."
4. The Rhyming Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Whole Language by John Walker (1904)
"T» сот-pa«' non To pity, va To em-fot'iio* To move or endue with assion, ... endue ..."
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