Indue

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Indue \In*due"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indued}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Induing}.] [Written also {endue}.] [L. induere to put on,
     clothe, fr. OL. indu (fr. in- in) + a root seen also in L.
     exuere to put off, divest, exuviae the skin of an animal,
     slough, induviae clothes. Cf. {Endue} to invest.]
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     1. To put on, as clothes; to draw on.
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              The baron had indued a pair of jack boots. --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     2. To clothe; to invest; hence, to endow; to furnish; to
        supply with moral or mental qualities.
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              Indu'd with robes of various hue she flies.
                                                    --Dryden.
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              Indued with intellectual sense and souls. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  indue
       v : give qualities or abilities to [syn: {endow}, {gift}, {empower},
            {invest}, {endue}]