endues

verb

variants or indues
present tense third-person singular of endue
1
as in suffuses
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 gifts
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 endues
  1. suffuses
  2. gifts
  3. infuses
  4. endows
  5. blesses
Verb
  • Nacer is quite good at variations of patriarchal obliviousness, and Pebdani suffuses her women with streaks of guilt.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026
  • But the latter’s crisply executed harmonies are but one of multiple examples of what splendid singing suffuses this production.
    — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 23 May 2026
Definition of suffuses
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  • The family asked for donations to be made to the singer's Imagination Library, a children's literacy program that gifts free books to kids from birth to age 5, in lieu of flowers.
    — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The account owner or any contributor then gifts after-tax dollars to the account.
    — Christine Fletcher, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of gifts
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  • Formulated for sensitive skin types, this infuses panthenol and madecassoside to improve dryness and the skin barrier.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The swish and sway of ornamental grasses infuses any garden or backyard with beauty.
    — Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of infuses
Verb
  • This extreme foregrounding of character in terms of action endows the cast with a retrospective air of typecasting, in a positive sense—the actors seem made for their parts, coalescing with their characters temperamentally.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The catharsis of moments like this—and the unpredictability with which they’re deployed—endows Oen Sujet’s music with delight worth chasing, but the climb doesn’t always feel equal to the drop.
    — Maxie Younger, Pitchfork, 24 July 2026
Definition of endows
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  • Bonuses for deal registration that brings new pipeline rather than blesses existing opportunities.
    — Jason Atkins, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • When Mother Nature blesses the area with heavy snow, tee up for a day of skiing at nearby Windham and Hunter mountains, post up with s’mores in front of the fire pits on the property, or unwind in its Finnish-style sauna.
    — Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026
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“Endues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endues. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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