endowed; endowing; endows
1
: to furnish with an income
especially
: to make a grant of money providing for the continuing support or maintenance of
endow a hospital
2
: to furnish with a dower
3
: to provide with something freely or naturally
endowed with a good sense of humor
Examples of endow in a Sentence
The wealthy couple endowed a new wing of the hospital.
She plans to endow a faculty position at the university.
The money will be used to endow the museum and research facility.
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McNEAL: You’re endowed with abilities, physical traits.
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Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
Helen, on the other hand, has blossomed from dowdy to dazzling, and is now a best-selling author bent on revenge and wooing back Ernest.
Desperate, Madeline finds a potion endowing her with eternal youth — but with a few Faustian caveats.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
The Shasha Seminar for Human Concerns was endowed by Wesleyan alum James J. Shasha and has been held annually since 2002.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Nov. 2024
Both empire and papacy seemed to realize that restricting their own power over universities would endow those institutions with scholarly authority to benefit all society.
—Bradford Vivian / Made By History, TIME, 16 Aug. 2024
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Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
Helen, on the other hand, has blossomed from dowdy to dazzling, and is now a best-selling author bent on revenge and wooing back Ernest.
Desperate, Madeline finds a potion endowing her with eternal youth — but with a few Faustian caveats.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
The Shasha Seminar for Human Concerns was endowed by Wesleyan alum James J. Shasha and has been held annually since 2002.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Nov. 2024
Both empire and papacy seemed to realize that restricting their own power over universities would endow those institutions with scholarly authority to benefit all society.
—Bradford Vivian / Made By History, TIME, 16 Aug. 2024
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“Endow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endow. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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endow
verb
en·dow
in-ˈdau̇ 
1
: to provide with money for support or maintenance
2
: to furnish with something freely or naturally
humans are endowed with reason
Legal Definition
endow
transitive verb
en·dow
in-ˈdau̇
: to furnish with income
especially
: to make a grant of money providing for the continuing support or maintenance of
a scholarship endowed by the testator
Etymology
Anglo-French endower, from Old French en-, prefix stressing completion + douer to endow, from Latin dotare, from dot-, dos gift, dowry
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