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  • verb Present participle of indue.

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Examples

  • Predecessor, first induing a mask like some roguish roistering

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Various

  • Mr. Pickwick and Mr. Tupman, when the latter gentleman proposed induing himself with one, on the occasion of Mr.. Leo Hunter's fancy-dress breakfast, -- for this integument, I say, these minions of the moon had blankets round their shoulders, thrown back in preparation for actual service.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 Various

  • There, induing their uniforms, and training their horses, all of which were yet to be shod, they brushed about the country, and skirmished with guerrillas, until going into camp for thorough drill preparatory to active service.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 Various

  • The costume had evidently not been made to my measure, and in the process of induing it I paused once or twice to speculate on the eccentricities of the figure to which it had been shaped or the abstract anatomical knowledge of the tailor who had shaped it.

    Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • By this time Robert had conquered the difficulty of induing boots as hard as a thorough wetting and as thorough a drying could make them, and now stood prepared to go.

    Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864

  • Hurriedly induing a portion of his clothing, he rushed down and across the yard, shouting to her as he ran, like a nurse as she runs up the stair to a screaming child.

    The Marquis of Lossie George MacDonald 1864

  • Reluctantly, therefore, but speedily, I arose, and induing my garments with all practicable haste, I described a course to

    Excerpts from the Diary of William S. Mullins, November 23 through 25, 1840 1840

  • Hastily, but not carelessly, induing himself in these articles of disguise, he then proceeded to stain his fair cheeks with

    The Disowned — Volume 08 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • Hastily, but not carelessly, induing himself in these articles of disguise, he then proceeded to stain his fair cheeks with a preparation which soon gave them a swarthy hue.

    The Disowned — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • It has joyful photographs of naked men and women induing in strenuous exercise with genitalia in full view

    The Guardian World News 2010

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