Added 10 October 2026
endue
/ɪnˈdjuː/ verb
Latin root: induere Wiktionary
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- Senses relating to covering or putting on. Of a person or thing: to take on (a different form); to adopt, to assume. To put on (a piece of clothing, etc.); to wear; also (followed by with), to clothe (someone) with something. To put (something) on top of a thing; to cover, to overlay.
- Of a person or thing: to take on (a different form); to adopt, to assume.
- To put on (a piece of clothing, etc.); to wear; also (followed by with), to clothe (someone) with something.
Origin
From both of the following: * Chiefly sense 1: Late Middle English induen (“to clothe (someone); to assume or take on (an appearance)”), from Latin induere, the present active infinitive of induō (“to put on (clothes, etc.); to assume (a part)”), from indu- (an archaic variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘in; within’)) + *uō (“to put on (clothes, etc.)”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ew- (“to put clothes or shoes on”)).
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