单词 | enduement |
释义 | † enˈduement Obs. Also 7 induement. [f. endue v. + -ment.] The action of enduing; concr. that with which one is endued. a. That which is put on or worn; a covering (rare). b. fig. A qualification, accomplishment, adornment.
1609Holland Amm. Marcel xv. viii. 45 They had..perused the old bookes, the reading whereof declareth by bodily signes the physiognomie or inward induements of the mind. 1641Milton Ch. Discip. i. (1851) 23 They prostitute every induement of grace, every holy thing to sale. 1650Bulwer Anthropomet. xxi. 229 Shoes or any other enduements of the Feet are besides Nature. c1674Scotl. Grievances under Lauderdale 1 Our great perswasions of his singular enduements..were the only measures of our concessions. |

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