ENDUE Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

endue

verb

in-ˈdü

variants or indue

Definition of endue

as in to suffuse

to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle professional soldiers endued with an ironclad sense of duty and honor

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as in to gift

to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute she's always been endued with an unquenchable optimism

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The threat is still there, suffused into the air like a memory, but for a time the choice between love and survival no longer feels mutually exclusive to Nino and Yasmina.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 22 July 2026
Good binoculars will reveal a score of stars in this little group, while long-exposure observatory photographs show about 1000 in the area — all suffused in great clouds and streamers of nebulous light.

— Joe Rao, Space.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of suffuse

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Unfortunately, state lawmakers are already signaling their intention to eat up these gains by gifting new expensive pension benefit increases to influential public safety worker unions.

— Zachary Christensen, Oc Register, 24 July 2026
Gray was accused of carrying out the shooting with a rifle his father, Colin Gray, gifted him as a Christmas present, officials said.

— Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 24 July 2026

Definition of gift

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Every tea is curated using the finest whole leaves, and the brand's signature pyramid infuser is not only beautiful, but also allows the tea leaves to fully unfurl and infuse flavor.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
Tender, lightly charred eggplant lends a silky texture and subtle smokiness that complements the couscous, while lemon juice, olive oil and a generous handful of fresh herbs infuse every bite with brightness.

— Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 21 July 2026

Definition of infuse

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So does the king’s loyal swineherd, Eumaeus (John Leguizamo), who, in this telling, has gone blind and is thus endowed with near-Tiresian powers of perception.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
The gift also includes a $45 million donation to endow Yeager-Crasselt’s position and to fund a wing named for the donor, which will be designed by Annabelle Selldorf, an in-demand architect among arts institutions.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 16 July 2026

Definition of endow

Verb

We were constantly informed that our purpose was to become genteel and inculcated in Christian virtue.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
Teaching religion at two Catholic high schools before and after law school, my job was to inculcate Roman Catholic values in my students.

— Charles J. Russo, The Conversation, 27 Apr. 2026

Definition of inculcate

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Last year, Holscher and Corson both voted to approve a 20-year sales tax exemptions for developers who commit to investing $250 million and creating at least 20 permanent jobs.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
The money is turned over to private firms that invest it in index funds, a type of mutual fund that tracks the performance of the stock market.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026

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