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.]

[1913 Webster]

1. To put on, as clothes; to draw on. [1913 Webster]

The baron had indued a pair of jack boots. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

2. To clothe; to invest; hence, to endow; to furnish; to supply with moral or mental qualities. [1913 Webster]

Indu'd with robes of various hue she flies. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Indued with intellectual sense and souls. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

indue v : give qualities or abilities to [syn: endow, gift, empower, invest, endue]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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.]

1. To put on, as clothes; to draw on.

The baron had indued a pair of jack boots. --Sir W. Scott.

2. To clothe; to invest; hence, to endow; to furnish; to supply with moral or mental qualities.

Indu'd with robes of various hue she flies. --Dryden.

Indued with intellectual sense and souls. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)