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.
1609. Holland, Amm. Marcell., XV. viii. 45. They had … perused the old bookes, the reading whereof declareth by bodily signes the physiognomie or inward induements of the mind.
1641. Milton, Ch. Discip., I. (1851), 23. They prostitute every induement of grace, every holy thing to sale.
1650. Bulwer, Anthropomet., xxi. 229. Shoes or any other enduements of the Feet are besides Nature.
c. 1674. Scotl. Grievances under Lauderdale, 1. Our great perswasions of his singular enduements … were the only measures of our concessions.
