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Definition of ENDUE

1

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>

Synonyms endue (or indue), imbue, inculcate, ingrain (also engrain), inoculate, invest, steep, suffuse

Related Words animate, charge, enliven, invigorate, leaven; implant, instill, plant; impregnate, permeate, pervade, saturate; deluge, drown, fill, flood, inundate, overwhelm, submerge

Near Antonyms deprive, divest, strip; clear, empty; eliminate, remove, take away

2

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

Synonyms bless, endue (or indue), favor, gift, invest

Related Words equip, provide, supply; bestow (on or upon), clothe, confer (on), cover; accord, award, grant; empower, enable, enhance, enrich, heighten; bequeath, will

Near Antonyms dispossess, divest, strip; deplete, drain, exhaust; skimp, stint

Variants of ENDUE

endue or indue