Lexic.us

Definition of Indue

1. Verb. Give qualities or abilities to.

Definition of Indue

1. v. t. To put on, as clothes; to draw on.

Definition of Indue

1. Verb. (alternative form of endue) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Indue

1. to endue [v -DUED, -DUING, -DUES] - See also: endue

Medical Definition of Indue

1. 1. To put on, as clothes; to draw on. "The baron had indued a pair of jack boots." (Sir W. Scott) 2. 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." (Dryden) "Indued with intellectual sense and souls." (Shak) Origin: Indued; Induing Alternative forms: endue] [L. Induere to put on, clothe, fr. OL. Indu (fr. In- in) + a root seen also in L. Exuere to put off, divest, exuviae the skin of an animal, slough, induviae clothes. Cf. Endue to invest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indue

Literary usage of Indue

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"indue, Upper, J I. indue. 3. .... It is also admitted that the Vedic Aryans dwelt chiefly on the banks of the indue and its confluence, ..."

2. The Private Journal of Aaron Burr, During His Residence of Four Years in by Aaron Burr (1838)
"... monsieur, mais indue que vous ne lui aviez pas ete annonce par Monsieur Bourrienne, quoi- que ces sortez d'annonce au prefet par des agens diploma- ..."

3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"indue (a), a corruption of Endue, qv (F., —L.) indue (i), to invest or clothe with, supply with. (L.) Interest (a), to engage the attention. ..."

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