Meaning

14 senses
  1. Senses relating to covering or putting on.

    (also, figuratively, transitive)Of a person or thing: to take on (a different form); to adopt, to assume.

  2. Senses relating to giving some quality or thing.

    (literary, transitive)Followed by with: to invest (someone or something) with a certain power, quality, etc.

    наделя́тьnadeljátʹ, надели́тьnadelítʹ, одаря́ть impf or ода́риватьodarjátʹ

  3. Senses relating to covering or putting on.

    (also, archaic, figuratively, literary, transitive)To put on (a piece of clothing, etc.); to wear; also (followed by with), to clothe (someone) with something.

  4. (obsolete, rare, transitive)To put (something) on top of a thing; to cover, to overlay.

  5. Senses relating to giving some quality or thing.

    (obsolete, transitive)Of a quality, etc.: to be inherent in (something).

  6. (obsolete, transitive)To supply (someone) with a thing.

  7. (obsolete, transitive)Synonym of endow (“to invest (a person, group of people, or institution) with property”).

  8. (obsolete, rare, transitive)Synonym of bestow (“to impart (something) gratuitously; to grant”).

  9. Senses relating to directing or leading.

    (obsolete, transitive)To raise or rear (someone); to bring up; also, to educate or instruct (someone).

  10. (obsolete, rare, transitive)To bring (something) to a certain condition.

  11. Senses relating to taking in.

    (obsolete, transitive)Of a hawk: originally, to pass (food in the crop or gizzard) into the stomach; later, to digest (food).

  12. (broadly, obsolete, transitive)Of a person or animal: to digest (food).

More definitions
  • give qualities or abilities to

Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to invest (someone or something) with a certain power, quality, etc.:

Origin

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Forms

endues, enduing, endued, endued
Base formendue · to endue
3rd person singularendues
Present participleenduing
Past simpleendued
Past participleendued

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyendue
he, she, itendues

Past simpleLesson

all personsendued

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave endued
he, she, ithas endued

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill endue

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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