In·due v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indued p. pr. & vb. n. Induing.] [Written also endue.]
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.
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indue
v : give qualities or abilities to [syn: endow, gift, empower,
invest, endue]