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Endue (verb) means Meanings to do with putting something on or covering something.

verb
1
Meanings to do with putting something on or covering something.
2
Of a person or thing: to take on (a different form); to adopt, to assume.
"My transport of the afternoon, and the matter of physical contrast, made me endue the tactile apparatus of another man, any man but me, and imagine the beauty of Zip in his caressing arms." — , Dau (1987)
3
To put clothing on, or to dress someone in something.
"Judaea greeted its monarch. He was to ascend to the immemorial sacring place of millennia of kings, there to be endued with the robe and crown of rule." — Anthony Burgess (1985)
4
To lay something over the top of another thing so that it is covered.
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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’)) + *uō (“to put on (clothes, etc.)”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ew- (“to put clothes or shoes on”)). * Chiefly sense 3 and sense 4: Late Middle English endeuen, enduen (“to endow; to induct or put (someone into office, etc.); (falconry) of a hawk: to pass food from the crop or gorge into the stomach”), from Old French enduire, induire (modern French enduire), from Latin indūcere, the present active infinitive of indūcō (“to bring or lead in; (by extension) to draw over, cover; (figurative) to bring into, establish, initiate; etc.”), from in- (see above) + dūcō (“to draw, pull; to guide, lead; etc.”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to draw, pull; to lead”)). Sense 2 is from a combination of the above. Doublet of induce.

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What is the meaning of endue?
"endue" (verb) means meanings to do with putting something on or covering something.
What is another word for endue?
Other words for "endue" include invest, endow, indue, gift, empower.
What are the different meanings of endue?
"endue" has 3 main meanings: 1. Meanings to do with putting something on or covering something; 2. Of a person or thing: to take on (a different form); to adopt, to assume; 3. To put clothing on, or to dress someone in something.

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