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endow

[en-dou]

verb (used with object)

  1. to provide with a permanent fund or source of income.

    to endow a college.

  2. to furnish, as with some talent, faculty, or quality; equip.

    Nature has endowed her with great ability.

    Synonyms: , ,
  3. Obsolete.to provide with a dower.



verb (used without object)

  1. (of a life-insurance policy) to become payable; yield its conditions.

endow

/ ɪˈ岹ʊ /

verb

  1. to provide with or bequeath a source of permanent income

  2. (usually foll by with) to provide (with qualities, characteristics, etc)

  3. obsoleteto provide with a dower

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Other Word Forms

  • endower noun
  • reendow verb (used with object)
  • superendow verb (used with object)
  • unendowing adjective
  • ˈǷɱ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of endow1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English endowen, from Old French endouer, equivalent to en- en- 1 + douer, from Latin ō “to dower,” equivalent to ō- (stem of ō ) “dowry” + - infinitive suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of endow1

C14: from Old French endouer, from en- 1 + douer , from Latin ō, from ō dowry
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Example Sentences

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“Miller is a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred. He’s a world-class hater,” Moran wrote his post, which has been deleted.

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"That’s not what’s interesting about Miller. It’s not brains. It’s bile. Miller is a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred. He’s a world-class hater."

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In three short minutes, the trio rattled off half a dozen memorable hooks, endowed with the unbreakable bond of their friendship.

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Director David Cromer, whose sensibility gravitates between stark and dark, endows the staging with macabre elegance.

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Another place Trump has had his eye on is Greenland - which is endowed with the eighth largest reserves of rare earth elements.

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