enduing

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
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
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...
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
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]...

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