endue
5 synonyms for endue, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — Meanings to do with putting something on or covering something.
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endow
indue
Etymology
From both of the following: * Chiefly sense 1: Late Middle English induen (“to clothe (someone); to assume or take on (an appearance)”), from Latin induere, the present active infinitive of induō (“to put on (clothes, etc.); to assume (a part)”), from indu- (an archaic variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘in; within’)) + *u...
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