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Indue
Pronunciation : In*due"
Part of Speech : v.
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.]
Definition : 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Indued; p. pr. & vb. n. Induing.] [Written also endue.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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