endue

verb

in-ˈdü How to pronounce endue (audio)
variants or indue
Definition of enduenext
1
as in to suffuse
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle professional soldiers endued with an ironclad sense of duty and honor

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2
as in to gift
to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute she's always been endued with an unquenchable optimism

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for endue
  1. suffuse
  2. gift
  3. infuse
  4. bless
  5. imbue
  6. endow
  7. invest
  8. inculcate
Verb
  • Daylight suffuses some spaces and is banished from others.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The oven’s smoke suffuses the flame-orange flesh of sweet, tiny beets piled in a quasi-salad atop a swoop of garlicky potato purée.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of suffuse
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  • The clip later shows that the star was then joined by her twins, Moroccan and Monroe, both 13, who gift their mom a celebratory bouquet of flowers in honor of her achievement in a rare public appearance.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Wine club subscriptions offer a convenient way to gift a selection of wines to a loved one on a regular basis.
    Anna Lee Iijima, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of gift
Verb
  • Dubai Chocolate Bar Middle Eastern luxury in dessert form, this chocolate bar infused with saffron and cardamom brought global flavors to the forefront.
    Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Back when successful broadcast sitcoms were primarily multicams with broad punchlines and characterizations, Lawrence was steering Scrubs through bouts of medical zaniness infused with heartbreak.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of infuse
Verb
  • May God continue to bless her in good health, love and joy!
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Newer directors — and there are some that are geniuses out of the box, God bless them — but some of them want to control it too much.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of bless
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  • But Rock imbued his role with such uninhibited certainty about his importance to The Simpsons’ lore that everyone started playing along.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Beyond the sheer numbers, the majority of those arrested have been Jewish Israelis – a shock in a country where Jewish citizens are imbued with a deep sense of patriotism and national pride.
    Zeena Saifi, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of imbue
Verb
  • McNEAL: You’re endowed with abilities, physical traits.
    Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Helen, on the other hand, has blossomed from dowdy to dazzling, and is now a best-selling author bent on revenge and wooing back Ernest. Desperate, Madeline finds a potion endowing her with eternal youth — but with a few Faustian caveats.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of endow
Verb
  • Earlier this year, Amazon invested more than $250 million in the company, as part of a $500 million round of venture investment.
    Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The company has invested heavily in data security measures, including storing U.S. user data on American servers.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of invest
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  • This is generally seen as a positive, a sign that there’s a noble human tendency to be guided by our own internal moral compass, to remain faithful to the beliefs inculcated or passed on to us by our parents, caregivers, or cultural upbringing.
    Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • In his autobiography, Franklin recounts his plan to inculcate virtue and expel vice.
    Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 1 Dec. 2024
Definition of inculcate
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“Endue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endue. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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