enduing

verb

variants or induing
present participle of endue
1
as in suffusing
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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2
as in endowing
to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute she's always been endued with an unquenchable optimism

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enduing
  1. suffusing
  2. endowing
  3. infusing
  4. blessing
  5. imbuing
  6. gifting
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  • The threat of shattered glass if the bottle breaks, the subsequent odor suffusing all the items in your carryon, liquids seeping dangerously close to electronics—none of it sounds like a good idea.
    — Chloe Schama, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026
  • But Pete took the idea one step further, taking the organization’s iconic symbol — the star — and suffusing it with a deeper meaning.
    — Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of suffusing
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  • An essential state role, parallel to provisioning basic services like education and healthcare, is endowing a wide open aesthetic field of form and meaning and collective sensibility.
    — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Gorgoni shot his images in the snow, endowing Shift with a stark graphic identity devoid of human occupancy.
    — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of endowing
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  • Singh and Oppenheim spent the next few days working on the script in a Mid-City office, then Singh spent five days alone rewriting the character of Hansen, infusing a mystical, avenging-angel undertone to his character.
    — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The addition of orzo will elevate the soup a notch, with its starch infusing the stock with richness and body.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of infusing
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  • Our Father-Mother God, divine Love, is infinite, filling all space – blessing all Her children.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Jesse sent a video from Thanksgiving, with Rosemarie blessing her and her family.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
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  • People Are Manipulated, Not Just Systems Phishing and social engineering attacks are launched against potential victims and work by imbuing fear, urgency, greed and curiosity.
    — Steve Durbin, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The production’s director, José Luis Valenzuela, said imbuing the ancient play with the political tones of current times helped highlight the eternal primacy of the values present in the text without explicitly talking about Latino communities.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
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  • Spring & Mulberry Embellished Painterly Set Spring & Mulberry chocolate is notoriously good for gifting—the packaging is gorgeous, and the brand uses direct-trade, single-origin cacao and organic dates for sweetness.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
  • At its core, gifting expresses human relationships, and receiving an item specifically chosen from a personal wish list delivers a far better experience than a surprise generated by an algorithm.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of gifting
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“Enduing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enduing. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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