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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Indue \In*due"\, verb (used with an object) [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.]
1. To put on, as clothes; to draw on.
The baron had indued a pair of jack boots. --Sir W. Scott.
2. To clothe; to invest; hence, to endow; to furnish; to supply with moral or mental qualities.
Indu'd with robes of various hue she flies. --Dryden.
Indued with intellectual sense and souls. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
indue
verb: give qualities or abilities to [syn: {endow}, {gift}, {empower}, {invest}, {endue}]
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