different between ensue vs endue

English

Etymology

From Old French ensu- , stem of some conjugated forms of ensivre (“follow close upon, come afterward”) (French ensuivre), from Latin ?nsequere, from ?nsequi (“to pursue, follow, follow after; come next”), from in- (“upon”) (see in-) + sequi (“follow”) (see sequel).

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?n?sj??/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?sju?/, IPA^(key): /?n??u?/, IPA^(key): /?n?sju?/, IPA^(key): /?n??u?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?su?/
• Rhymes: -u?

Verb

ensue (third-person singular simple present ensues, present participle ensuing, simple past and past participle ensued)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To follow (a leader, inclination etc.). [15th-17th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.ii:

     to ripenesse of mans state they grew: / Then shewing forth signes of their fathers blood, / They loued armes, and knighthood did ensew, / Seeking aduentures [...].

   • 1606, Justine, G. W. (translator), The Historie of Justine

     To ensue his example in doynge the like mischiefe.

2. (obsolete, transitive) To follow (in time), to be subsequent to. [15th-17th c.]
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.11:

     Oh how many changes are like to ensue this reformation!

3. (intransitive) To occur afterwards, as a result or effect. [from 16th c.]

   Give three freshmen six bottles of wine, and hilarity will ensue.

Synonyms

• (to follow): carry out, follow, pursue
• (to be subsequent to): come after, follow; see also Thesaurus:succeed
• (to occur afterwards): arise, follow

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Anagrams

• seuen, unsee

English

Alternative forms

• indue
• indew

Etymology

From Old French enduire, partly from Latin ind?cere (“lead in”), partly from en- + duire (from the same Latin root). Doublet of induce.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?dju?/, /?n?dju?/

Verb

endue (third-person singular simple present endues, present participle enduing, simple past and past participle endued)

1. (obsolete) To pass food into the stomach; to digest; also figuratively, to take on, absorb.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.x:

     none but she it vewed, / Who well perceiued all, and all indewed.

2. To take on, to take the form of.
3. To put on (a piece of clothing); to clothe (someone with something).

   • And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.

   • 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked

     Judaea greeted its monarch. He was to ascend to the immemorial sacring place of millennia of kings, there to be endued with the robe and crown of rule.

4. To invest (someone) with a given quality, property etc.; to endow.
   • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.11:

     That the Sun, Moon, and Stars are living creatures, endued with soul and life, seems an innocent Error, and an harmless digression from truth […]

   • 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 1

     Thus was th' accomplish'd squire endued / With gifts and knowledge per'lous shrewd.

   • 1935, T.S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral, Part II:

     But after dissension

     Had ended, in France, and you were endued

     With your former privilege, how did you show your gratitude?

Derived terms

• enduement

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