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endue

verb
variants: or indue

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of endue

imbue, inculcate, infuse, ingrain (also engrain), inoculate, invest, steep, suffuse
Words Related to endue

animate, charge, enliven, invigorate, leaven

implant, instill, plant

impregnate, permeate, pervade, saturate

deluge, drown, fill, flood, inundate, overwhelm, submerge
Near Antonyms of endue

deprive, divest, strip

clear, empty

eliminate, remove, take away

2 to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute

  • sheʼs always been endued with an unquenchable optimism
Synonyms of endue

bless, endow, favor, gift, invest
Words Related to endue

equip, provide, supply

bestow (on or upon), clothe, confer (on), cover

accord, award, grant

empower, enable, enhance, enrich, heighten

bequeath, will
Near Antonyms of endue

dispossess, divest, strip

deplete, drain, exhaust

skimp, stint

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