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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Chairs in Yiddish have been endowed at major universities.
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
Remnants of the monarchy When the Constitution was written, many people – from those who drafted the document to those who read it – believed that endowing the president with such powers was dangerous.
—Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2025
The music endows the revival with a fluidity that is made all the more haunting by the otherworldly echoes of Peter Rice’s sound design.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
Reflecting this, Anglo-American law long endowed prosecutors with unrestricted authority to drop cases.
—The Editors, National Review, 21 Feb. 2025
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
Remnants of the monarchy When the Constitution was written, many people – from those who drafted the document to those who read it – believed that endowing the president with such powers was dangerous.
—Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2025
The music endows the revival with a fluidity that is made all the more haunting by the otherworldly echoes of Peter Rice’s sound design.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
Reflecting this, Anglo-American law long endowed prosecutors with unrestricted authority to drop cases.
—The Editors, National Review, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Endow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endow. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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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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