indew

English

Verb

indew (third-person singular simple present indews, present participle indewing, simple past and past participle indewed)

1. Obsolete spelling of endue.
   • 1575, George Turberuile [i.e.. George Turberville], “Of Feeding a Hawke”, in The Booke of Faulconrie or Hauking, for the Onely Delight and Plerasure of All Noblemen and Gentlemen: […], London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC, page 138:

     Cattes fleſhe is vnholeſome, and harde to be indewed, and breedeth perillous wormes, and ſtoppeth a Hawke in the gorge, and marreth hir winde.

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 35, page 488:

     Infinite ſhapes of creatures there [in the Garden of Eden] are bred, / And vncouth formes, vvhich none yet euer knevv, / […] / Some fitt for reaſonable ſovvles t’indew, / Some made for beaſts, ſome made for birds to vveare, […]

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 9, page 545:

     He did her ſeruice devvtifull, and ſevvd / At hand vvith humble pride, and pleaſing guile, / So cloſely yet, that none but ſhe it vevved, / VVho vvell perceiued all, and all indevvd.

Conjugation

Conjugation of indew

infinitive	(to) indew
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	indew	indewed
2nd-person singular	indew, indewest†	indewed, indewedst†
3rd-person singular	indews, indeweth†	indewed
plural	indew
subjunctive	indew	indewed
imperative	indew	—
participles	indewing	indewed

^† Archaic or obsolete.

Anagrams

• Edwin, Wedin, Wendi, Widen, dwine, widen, winde, wined