endue

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdjuː/, /ɛn-/, /-ˈd͡ʒuː/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈd(j)u/, /ɛn-/ Rhymes: -uː Hyphenation: en‧due === Verb === endue (third-person singular simple present endues, present participle enduing, simple past and past participle endued) Senses relating to covering or putting on. (transitive, also figurative) Of a person or thing: to take on (a different form); to adopt, to assume. (transitive, archaic or literary, also figurative) To put on (a piece of clothing, etc.); to wear; also (followed by with), to clothe (someone) with something. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To put (something) on top of a thing; to cover, to overlay. Senses relating to giving some quality or thing. (transitive, often passive voice, literary) Followed by with: to invest (someone or something) with a certain power, quality, etc. (transitive, obsolete) Of a quality, etc.: to be inherent in (something). To supply (someone) with a thing. Synonym of endow (“to invest (a person, group of people, or institution) with property”). (rare) Synonym of bestow (“to impart (something) gratuitously; to grant”). (obsolete) Senses relating to directing or leading. (transitive) To raise or rear (someone); to bring up; also, to educate or instruct (someone). (transitive, rare) To bring (something) to a certain condition. (obsolete) Senses relating to taking in. (transitive, falconry) Of a hawk: originally, to pass (food in the crop or gizzard) into the stomach; later, to digest (food). (transitive, by extension) Of a person or animal: to digest (food). (transitive, figurative) To take on; to absorb. (intransitive, rare) Of food: to be digested. ==== Usage notes ==== Sense 2.1 (“to invest (someone or something) with a certain power, quality, etc.”) has almost the same meaning as endow, but the latter has the sense of giving some power, quality, etc., more permanently. Sense 4.1 (“of a hawk: to pass (food in the crop or gizzard) into the stomach; to digest (food)”) is often spelled endew. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== endew, indew (obsolete, Middle English – 17th c.) indue (dated) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References ===