endue

Verb

endue (third-person singular simple present endues, present participle enduing, simple past and past participle endued)

1. (also, figuratively, transitive) Of 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 made for birds to vveare, […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 35, page 488
   • 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.1626, Ovid, “The Sixth Booke”, in George Sandys, transl., Ovid’s Metamorphosis Englished […], London: […] William Stansby, →OCLC, page 108
2. (also, archaic, figuratively, literary, transitive) To 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 Sleep.1700, [John] Dryden, “Ceyx and Alcyone”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 371
   • [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, […]1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], “Repentance, and a Reconciliation”, in Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], 2nd edition, volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable...
3. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To 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 face, […]1644 November 26 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 17 November 1644]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition...
4. (literary, transitive, often passive voice) Followed 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; […]1605, Francis Bacon, “The First Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for...
   • 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 24:49, signature J3, recto, column 2
5. (obsolete, transitive) Of 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.1646 (indicated as 1645), John Milton, “Sonnet VII”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], →OCLC, page 49
   • Lion vvhom the footſteps of the fox purſue, / VVhoſe ſouls deceit and vanity endue.1655, Thomas Stanley, “[Solon.] Chap[ter] IX. The Attribute of Wise Conferred on Him: His Morall Sentences.”, in The History of Philosophy. […], volume I, London: […] Humphrey Moseley, and Thomas...
6. (obsolete, transitive) To 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: […]c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
   • [T]he Tribunes endue you vvith the Peoples Voyce, […]c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
7. (obsolete, transitive) Synonym 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 before reherſed.1569, Richard Grafton, “Henrye the Fift”, in A Chronicle at Large and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande […], volume II, London: […] Henry Denham, […], for Richarde Tottle and Humffrey Toye...
   • 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 30:20, signature [C4], verso, column 2

   Synonyms:

   endow

8. (obsolete, rare, transitive) Synonym of bestow (“to impart (something) gratuitously; to grant”).

   Synonyms:

   bestow

9. (obsolete, transitive) To raise or rear (someone); to bring up; also, to educate or instruct (someone).
10. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To bring (something) to a certain condition.
    • [L]et our finger ake, / And it endues our other healthfull members, / Euen to that ſence of paine; […]c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act...
11. (obsolete, transitive) Of 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 stewed1521–1522, John Skelton, “Here after Followeth a Litel Boke Called Colyn Cloute, […]”, in Alexander Dyce, editor, The Poetical Works of John Skelton: […], volume I, London: Thomas Rodd, […]...
    • I Mute [defecate] as a hauke dothe whan ſhe hath endued her gorge.1530 July 28 (Gregorian calendar), Iohan Palsgraue [i.e., John Palsgrave], “The Table of Verbes”, in Lesclarcissement de la langue francoyse⸝ […], [London]: […] [Richard Pynson] fynnysshed by Iohan...
12. (broadly, obsolete, transitive) Of a person or animal: to digest (food).
    • Her mete was very crude, / She had not wel endude; […]c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 63, lines 77–78
    • 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.1627 February 7 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar), John Donne, “The Fourth of My Prebend Sermons upon My Five Psalms. Sermon LXVIII. Preached at St. Paul’s, January 28, 1626.”, in Henry Alford...
13. (figuratively, obsolete, transitive) To 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.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 9, page 545
14. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) Of food: to be digested.