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Indue v. t. (past & past part. indued; pres. part. induing) (Written also endue)

To put on, as clothes; to draw on. "The baron had indued a pair of jack boots."

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." "Indued with intellectual sense and souls."

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Etymology of 'Indue'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Indue" Quotes from Famous Books

... shall thereupon Take rest, ere I be gone Once more on my adventure brave and new: Fearless and unperplex'd, When I wage battle next, What weapons to select, what armour to indue. ...

— Poems Every Child Should Know - The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library • Various

... the World Descends in silent power: Its shape reposed within: slight as some cloud That catches but the palest tinge of day 60 When evening yields to night, Bright as that fibrous woof when stars indue Its transitory robe. Four shapeless shadows bright and beautiful Draw that strange car of glory, reins of light 65 Check their unearthly speed; they stop and fold Their wings of braided air: The Daemon leaning from the ethereal car Gazed on the ...

— The Daemon of the World • Percy Bysshe Shelley