Definitions for: Indue

[v] give qualities or abilities to

Webster (1913) Definition: In*due", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indued; p. pr. & vb. n.
Induing.] [Written also 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.]
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.

Synonyms: empower, endow, endue, gift, invest

See Also: cover, enable

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