indue

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
indue
    v 1: give qualities or abilities to [syn: {endow}, {indue},
         {gift}, {empower}, {invest}, {endue}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Indue \In*due"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indued}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Induing}.] [Written also {endue}.] [L. induere to put on,
   clothe, fr. OL. indu (fr. in- in) + a root seen also in L.
   exuere to put off, divest, exuviae the skin of an animal,
   slough, induviae clothes. Cf. {Endue} to invest.]
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   1. To put on, as clothes; to draw on.
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            The baron had indued a pair of jack boots. --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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   2. To clothe; to invest; hence, to endow; to furnish; to
      supply with moral or mental qualities.
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            Indu'd with robes of various hue she flies.
                                                  --Dryden.
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            Indued with intellectual sense and souls. --Shak.
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