An archaic verb meaning to provide with a dower or dowry; to endow or furnish with a gift or quality.
From 'en-' (to cause to be) + 'dew,' an archaic or dialectal form related to 'dowry' (from Old French 'doaire'). This verb preserves medieval marriage customs in its linguistic structure.
Words like 'endew' are linguistic time capsules—they literally mean to give someone a dowry, embodying a historical practice where marriages required financial transactions, now preserved only in dusty dictionary entries.
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