endue

(en do̵̅o̅′, -dyo̵̅o̅′; in-)

Now Rare to put on (a garment)
to provide (with something); specif., to endow (with qualities, talents, etc.)

Origin: ME endeuen < OFr enduire < L inducere, to lead in (see induce): form and sense infl. by L induere (see indue) & endow

See endue in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb en·dued also in·dued, en·du·ing also in·du·ing, en·dues also in·dues

To provide with a quality or trait; endow: “A being whom I myself had formed, and endued with life, had met me at midnight among the precipices of an inaccesible mountain” (Mary Shelley).
To put on (a piece of clothing).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English enduen

Origin: , from Old French enduire, to lead in, induct (influenced by Middle English endowen, to endow)

Origin: , from Latin indūcere; see induce

Origin: . Sense 2, Middle English induen, to clothe

Origin: , from Latin induere, to put on; see eu- in Indo-European roots

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