en·due /ɪnˈdu, ˈdju, ɛn-/
(vt.)授予,賦予,穿上
En·due v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endued p. pr. & vb. n. Enduing.] To invest.
Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. --Luke xxiv. 49.
Endue them . . . with heavenly gifts. --Book of Common Prayer.
En·due, v. t. An older spelling of Endow.
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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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endue
v : give qualities or abilities to [syn: endow, indue, gift,
empower, invest]