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
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  • The little hotel in the lakeside village of the same name on the outskirts of Amsterdam—just 30 minutes by bicycle from the city center—is suffused with angled sunlight that adds to its historic character and slow-living charm.
    Ann Abel, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • But on race days like this one, the air is suffused with something special.
    Longreads, Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of suffuse
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  • Her daughters brought the teddy bears Kotb had gifted them. 3.
    Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The Giants were in a great position to own the No. 1 pick, which led to Sanders himself actually being gifted a pair of Giants cleats for his bowl game.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of gift
Verb
  • But Vera, the character, is far more than that, and not just because Blethyn infuses her with such a captivating mix of slovenliness and precision, prickliness and empathy.
    Mary McNamara, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Her dreams of a more diverse world infuse the entire musical with a sense of hope that bubbles under all the glorious dancing and some very big laughs.
    Chad Jones, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of infuse
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  • Does reading about sharks that can walk on land fill you with awe about our planet and the incredible adaptations that animals are blessed with to survive and thrive?
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • We were blessed to have LA fire and police depts doing their jobs so well.
    Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of bless
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  • Often imbuing a sense of warmth, texture, and rich details, Spanish colonial types of homes are still common in Southern California and beyond, but often with a modern twist.
    Lauren Gallow, Architectural Digest, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Constructed with indigenous wood and bamboo and imbued with a vibrant flower garden, this rustic hotel provides guests with a glimpse into the traditional architecture and culture of Araucanía, with ten colorful rooms to choose from across the property.
    Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of imbue
Verb
  • Here the whole thing is happening in months, not years, where humans are endowing their creations with quickly evolving capabilities.
    John Werner, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Even in the character’s most transparently manipulative moments, Pearce endows him with a seductive conviviality—a bracing largeness of spirit.
    Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of endow
Verb
  • The big new corporate bet: Bitcoin Corporate treasury departments are usually bastions of caution, preferring to invest their companies’ money in stable assets like Treasury bonds.
    Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Micron Technology is investing S$9.5 billion ($7 billion) to build an advanced chip packaging facility in Singapore as the semiconductor giant expands its capacity to cater to booming demand for AI chips.
    Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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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