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verb
Senses relating to covering or putting on.
Of a person or thing: to take on (a different form); to adopt, to assume.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, figuratively, transitive
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verb
Senses relating to covering or putting on.
To put on (a piece of clothing, etc.); to wear; also (followed by with), to clothe (someone) with something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, archaic, figuratively, literary, transitive
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verb
Senses relating to covering or putting on.
To put (something) on top of a thing; to cover, to overlay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare, transitive
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verb
Senses relating to giving some quality or thing.
Followed by with: to invest (someone or something) with a certain power, quality, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary, transitive
Qualifier: often passive voice
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verb
Senses relating to giving some quality or thing.
Of a quality, etc.: to be inherent in (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
Senses relating to giving some quality or thing.
To supply (someone) with a thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
Senses relating to giving some quality or thing.
Synonym of endow (“to invest (a person, group of people, or institution) with property”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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Synonyms: endow
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verb
Senses relating to giving some quality or thing.
Synonym of bestow (“to impart (something) gratuitously; to grant”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare, transitive
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Synonyms: bestow
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Senses relating to directing or leading.
To raise or rear (someone); to bring up; also, to educate or instruct (someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
Senses relating to directing or leading.
To bring (something) to a certain condition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare, transitive
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verb
Senses relating to taking in.
Of a hawk: originally, to pass (food in the crop or gizzard) into the stomach; later, to digest (food).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
Topics: falconry, hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
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verb
Senses relating to taking in.
Of a person or animal: to digest (food).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, obsolete, transitive
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verb
Senses relating to taking in.
To take on; to absorb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, obsolete, transitive
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verb
Senses relating to taking in.
Of food: to be digested.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete, rare
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verb
give qualities or abilities to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: endow, indue, gift, empower, invest
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: enable
Narrower terms: cover
History
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”)). * Chiefly sense 3 and sense 4: Late Middle English endeuen, enduen (“to endow; to induct or put (someone into office, etc.); (falconry) of a hawk: to pass food from the crop or gorge into the stomach”), from Old French enduire, induire (modern French enduire), from Latin indūcere, the present active infinitive of indūcō (“to bring or lead in; (by extension) to draw over, cover; (figurative) to bring into, establish, initiate; etc.”), from in- (see above) + dūcō (“to draw, pull; to guide, lead; etc.”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to draw, pull; to lead”)). Sense 2 is from a combination of the above. Doublet of induce.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
