indue Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb give qualities or abilities to
    endue; gift; invest; empower; endow.

WordNet

In*due" transitive verb
Etymology
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.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Indued ; present participle & verbal noun Induing
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913