What does indue mean?
Indue means Dated form of endue..
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Dated form of endue..
Some reaſons of this double Coronation / I haue poſſeſt you vvithm, and thinke them ſtrong, / And more, more ſtrong, then leſſer is my feare / I ſhall indue you vvith: […]
And behold, I [Jesus] ſend the promiſe of my Father vpon you: but tarie ye in the citie of Hieruſalem, vntill ye be indued with power from on high.
Pallas [Athena], forth-vvith, an old-vviues ſhape indues; / Her hair all vvhite; her lims, appearing vveake, / A ſtaffe ſupports: vvho thus began to ſpeake.
[The altar in St. Peter's Basilica] of St. Veronica made by Fra[ncesco] Mochi, has over it in the Reliquary, where they shew'd us the miraculous Sudarium indued wᵗʰ the picture of oʳ Saviour [Jesus]'s face, […]
Perhaps my ſemblance might deceive the truth, / That I to manhood am arriv'd ſo near, / And invvard ripenes doth much leſs appear / That ſom more timely-happy ſpirits indu'th.
Some aſcribe to the ſanctity of this Ioſeph [of Arimathea], the yearly budding of the Havv-thorn near Glaſſenbury, on Chriſtmas day, no leſſe then an annual Miracle. […] Hovvever, there is no neceſſity, that this ſhould be imputed to the Holineſs of Arimathean Ioſeph. For there is (as is credibly ſaid) an Oake in Nevv-Foreſt, nigh Lindhurſt, in Hantſhire, vvhich is indued vvith the ſame quality, putting forth leaves about the ſame time; […]
[…] Kings, though not indued vvith the Supream Povver, are not by Vertue of that Sovereign and Kingly Right of theirs Lords over the people, nor ought to Govern them alone; […]
Indu'd vvith Robes of various Hevv ſhe [Iris] flies, / And flying dravvs an Arch, (a ſegment of the Skies:) / Then leaves her bending Bovv, and from the ſteep / Deſcends to ſearch the ſilent Houſe of Sleep.
Use indue when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Indue means Dated form of endue..
Common synonyms include endow, empower, endue, gift.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Some reaſons of this double Coronation / I haue poſſeſt you vvithm, and thinke them ſtrong, / And more, more ſtrong, then leſſer is my feare / I ſhall indue you vvith: […]
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