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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That idea is that we are all created equal, endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights, among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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Theo Burman, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
America tends to swallow other cultures whole, endowing them with a good dose of homogenization – a Syrian refugee teen is just as likely as an American teen to be bent over his smartphone, impatient with his parents, and oblivious to the world at large.
—Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
This was something big, finally, bigger than his usual: endowing an Oriental wing at a museum or a school for the handicapped in Africa.
—Joshua Cohen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
Here the whole thing is happening in months, not years, where humans are endowing their creations with quickly evolving capabilities.
—John Werner, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Theo Burman, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
America tends to swallow other cultures whole, endowing them with a good dose of homogenization – a Syrian refugee teen is just as likely as an American teen to be bent over his smartphone, impatient with his parents, and oblivious to the world at large.
—Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
This was something big, finally, bigger than his usual: endowing an Oriental wing at a museum or a school for the handicapped in Africa.
—Joshua Cohen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
Here the whole thing is happening in months, not years, where humans are endowing their creations with quickly evolving capabilities.
—John Werner, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Endow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endow. Accessed 30 Jan. 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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