indue

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: in=due

CIDE DICTIONARY

indue, v. t. [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.].

•  To put on, as clothes; to draw on.  [1913 Webster]

  "The baron had indued a pair of jack boots."  [1913 Webster]
•  To clothe; to invest; hence, to endow; to furnish; to supply with moral or mental qualities.  [1913 Webster]

  "Indu'd with robes of various hue she flies."  [1913 Webster]

  "Indued with intellectual sense and souls."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

indue, var. of ENDUE.

ROGET THESAURUS

indue

Power

VB be powerful, gain power, belong to, pertain to, lie in one's power, be in one's power, can, be able, give power, confer power, exercise power, empower, enable, invest, indue, endue, endow, arm, strengthen, compel.